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Diavonna S.Diavonna S. 

Visualforce: Displaying A Custom Object's Related List When the Custom Object Is Not Directly "Related"

Hello,

I've been tasked with creating an executive page layout where the basic information is displayed within a standard page layout and if they'd like to see more details they can click a link and see that. That translates into a Visualforce page.  I've gotten as far as creating the page, but where I'm stumped is displaying the multiple custom object related lists.  When I added them at first, I started to get the " '<object> is not a valid child relationship name for entity Account' " error.  After looking at this, I realised that several of the custom objects are related to the Account by way of other standard objects. An example of this is my Account Connections object. It has a Master-Detail relationship to the Contact object and can be viewed on the standard Account detail page.  How would I go about adding this custom object's related list into my VF code?  This is what I have thus far:
 
<apex:page standardController="account">
    <apex:sectionHeader title="Account" subtitle="{!account.FirstName}"/>
    <apex:pageBlock title="Account">

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Account Information" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="Primary Relationship Manager" value="{!account.Primary_Relationship_Manager__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Account Owner" value="{!account.OwnerId}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Tax Exempt" value="{!account.Tax_Exempt__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Account Record Type" value="{!account.RecordTypeId}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="EIN" value="{!account.EIN_Number__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Account Name" value="{!account.Name}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Type" value="{!account.Type}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Parent Account" value="{!account.ParentId}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Tocqueville City" value="{!account.Tocqueville_City__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Preferred Name" value="{!account.Preferred_Name__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Description Information" columns="1">
            <apex:outputField title="Description" value="{!account.Description}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Best Work Desc - 2014 CIPS" value="{!account.Best_Work_Desc_2014_CIPS__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Address & Contact Information" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="Phone" value="{!account.Phone}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Secondary Phone" value="{!account.Secondary_Phone__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Email" value="{!account.Email__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Toll Free" value="{!account.TollFree__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Secondary Email" value="{!account.Secondary_Email__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Fax" value="{!account.Fax}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Email Recipient" value="{!account.Email_Recipient__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Call Before Fax" value="{!account.Call_Before_Fax__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Website" value="{!account.Website}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Pledge URL" value="{!account.Pledge_URL__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Additional Address Information" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="Other Street" value="{!account.Other_Street__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other City" value="{!account.Other_City__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other State/Province" value="{!account.Other_State_Province__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other Zip/Postal Code" value="{!account.Other_Zip_Postal_Code__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other Country" value="{!account.Other_Country__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Membership Information" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="Membership Status" value="{!account.UWA_Membership_Status__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Segment" value="{!account.Segment__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="UW Org Number" value="{!account.UWOrgNumber__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="UW Metro Size" value="{!account.UW_Metro_Size__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="UW Org Number (old)" value="{!account.UW_Org_Number_old__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="UW Metro Alpha Code" value="{!account.Metro_Alpha_Code__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Opportunity 150" value="{!account.Critical_150__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Relationship Management Tier" value="{!account.Top_Strategic_Field_Relations__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Major Market" value="{!account.Major_Market__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="RD Top Market" value="{!account.RD_Top_Market__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Social Media" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="YouTube URL" value="{!account.YouTube_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Twitter" value="{!account.Twitter__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Vimeo URL" value="{!account.Vimeo_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Facebook Page" value="{!account.Facebook_Page__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Vine URL" value="{!account.Vine_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Facebook Page Name" value="{!account.Facebook_Page_Name__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other Video Sharing URL" value="{!account.Other_Video_Sharing_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Tumblr URL" value="{!account.Tumblr_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Flickr URL" value="{!account.Flickr_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Pinterest URL" value="{!account.Pinterest_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Picasa Albums URL" value="{!account.Picasa_Albums_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="LinkedIn URL" value="{!account.LinkedIn_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Instagram URL" value="{!account.Instagram_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Google+ URL" value="{!account.Google_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other Photo Sharing URL" value="{!account.Other_Photo_Sharing_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Blog URL" value="{!account.Blog_URL__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Social Media Council (SMC)" value="{!account.Social_Media_Council__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="SMC Start Date" value="{!account.SMC_Start_Date__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="SMC End Date" value="{!account.SMC_End_Date__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Campaign for the Common Good" columns="1">
            <apex:outputField title="CCG Participant" value="{!account.CCG_Participant__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="One Million Online Engagement Agreement" value="{!account.CCG_Terms_Conditions_Agreement__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Company Affinity Groups" value="{!account.program_involvement__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Volunteerism" columns="1">
            <apex:outputField title="Volunteer Management Platform" value="{!account.Volunteer_Matching_Application__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="Education Involvement" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="Education Focus Areas" value="{!account.Education_Focus_Areas__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Other Education Focus Areas" value="{!account.Other_Education_Focus_Areas__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="Mobilization Dimensions" value="{!account.Mobilization_Dimensions__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

        <apex:pageBlockSection title="System Information" columns="2">
            <apex:outputField title="Account Division" value="{!account.Division}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="name ID" value="{!account.IMIS_name_ID__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="SalesforceId" value="{!account.SalesforceId__c}"/>
            <apex:outputField title="UWO Id" value="{!account.uwoId__c}"/>
        </apex:pageBlockSection>

            <apex:relatedList list="Contacts"/>
            <apex:relatedList list="Account Connection"/>
            <apex:relatedList list="OpenActivities"/>
            <apex:relatedList list="ActivityHistories"/>
            <apex:relatedList list="Cases"/>
            <apex:relatedList list="CombinedAttachments"/>

    </apex:pageBlock>
</apex:page>

I'm somewhat under a time crunch, so any help you the community can provide me is greatly appreciated!  Thank you so much.

Diavonna 
Himanshu ParasharHimanshu Parashar
I replied this question on stack exchange. let me know if that help you.
Diavonna S.Diavonna S.
Thank you so much for the response, Himanshu!  It really helped.