We believe there needs to be a better, more native way to manage related records in Zoho CRM without creating clutter. Ideally, Zoho would support "sub-modules" that we can create and associate under a parent module.

Our use case:
We have a custom module for Brokerages. Each brokerage can have multiple office locations. We need a submodule for each office location so that when a Contact, Deal, or Lead is associated with a Brokerage, users can only select an office location belonging to that Brokerage—not from a global list of all locations the user owns.

Right now, the only way to partially accomplish this is with client scripts, Deluge validation, or other workarounds, but these are not bulletproof—imports or API updates can override these checks. Ideally, Zoho would enforce this logic on both the front end and the server side.

Example:

• Brokerage record: ABC

• Office Locations (submodule): Location 1, Location 2, Location 3

• If a Deal is linked to ABC Brokerage, the user should only be able to choose from Location 1, Location 2, or Location 3.

This would make relationships cleaner, improve data integrity, and remove unnecessary clutter for end users.