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I have two objects

Request__c and Matter__c

These two objects have a lookup relationship where Request__c is a lookup field on Matter__c. So a single Request record can have multiple Matter records.

I’m trying to write a SOQL query on the Request to pull all Matters associated with each Request. My query is as follows:

SELECT Id, Name, (SELECT Id, Status__c, Matter_Type__c FROM Matters__r) FROM Request__c

But whenever I try running this I get the following error:

Didn't understand relationship 'Matters__r' in FROM part of query call. If you are attempting to use a custom relationship, be sure to append the '__r' after the custom relationship name. Please reference your WSDL or the describe call for the appropriate names.

I thought that if there was a lookup field on the Matter__c object, then a relationship between the 2 objects would exist and I could query to pull all the children (Matters) for a given Request.

I’ve checked the field in Setup -> Create -> Objects -> Matter__c and it provides the following information:

Related List Label: Matters

Child Relationship Name: Request

Can someone help me sort this out?

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    If Matters is a child of Request__c, the child relationship name Request is a poor choice and now would be the time to change it to Matters before you bake it into Apex code.
    – cropredy
    Jul 7, 2016 at 4:54
  • oh I totally agree. I didn't set it up, but inherited it. But it definitely added a couple hours to me scratching my head. Thanks!
    – Clink
    Jul 8, 2016 at 18:08

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You can get the API Name of the child relationship as follows via Execute Anonymous:

for (ChildRelationship relationship : SObjectType.Request__c.getChildRelationships())
    if (relationship.getChildSObject() == Matter__c.sObjectType)
        system.debug(relationship.getRelationshipName());

Copy this value verbatim and replace Matters__r.

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Try this:

SELECT Id, Name, (SELECT Id, Status__c, Matter_Type__c FROM Request__r) FROM Request__c

Inner query uses the relationship name which you can find on Matters object's lookup field.

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