Retrieving related content between two sitefinity modules

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Before I ask my question, i like to make clear what I am trying to achieve.

I have two modules i created in Sitefinity "Jobs" and "CareHomes". The CareHomes module contains fields such as "Address" , "Location" and several other information that identifies the CareHome while the Jobs module is meant to allow the client post jobs for CareHomes.

I also have a classification field/taxonomy which is also called carehomes this taxonomy is just a list of all the CareHomes operated by the client. This taxonomy field is available in both the CareHomes module and Jobs module

Now this is my problem: I want the to display information from the CareHomes module such as "Address" "Location" in the Jobs widget. That is I want a situation where when the client fills the Jobs module form and selects for example "Carehome1" in the carehomes taxonomy,I want to be able to retrieve the "address" information from the CareHomes that also has the same "Carehome1" taxonomy selected.

I know this is a forum with many professionals and my question may come across to some as silly, however I would appreciate if you are nice in answering my question or pointing me to a helpful resource because I am a newbie to Sitefinity and have only just started using it for about a few weeks.

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What version of Sitefinity are you using? – Ben
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You have a couple options, if you're stuck on 6.3 you might want to look at a dynamic items field control for the Jobs module that allows you to associate a Job to a CareHome. You can create the field using Sitefinity's Visual Studio plugin called Thunder and add it to your Jobs module. More info here. You would then have to use the api to find the associated CareHome information in your Jobs widget. There is boilerplate code to look this stuff up in module builder under Administration -> Module Builder -> {You Module} -> Code Reference, but it can be a pain.

The other option that I haven't used yet but saw in Sitefinity's last webinar is only available in Sitefintiy 7 and its the new Related Data field that is available to all custom content items and most built in content types. So you'd have to do an upgrade but the the api for getting related items appears to be much easier to work with, information on that is here and the webinar that shows the new features of Sitefinity 7 is here