Nathan Xu ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?accountId=557058%... ) *commented* on HHH-12997 ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-12997?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNTJlOD... ) Re: @OneToMany does not work with @JoinFormula ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-12997?atlOrigin=eyJpIjoiNTJlOD... ) From https://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/5.4/userguide/html_single/Hibernate_... , it seems the annotated field should be some column field in child class. You are using it on parent class and I am almost certain such feature would never be supported, for basically the mechanism aims to provide a customized foreign key, so using it on child class’s ManyToOne field does make sense. ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-12997#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Add Comment ( https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/HHH-12997#add-comment?atlOrigin=ey... ) Get Jira notifications on your phone! Download the Jira Cloud app for Android ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atlassian.android.jira.... ) or iOS ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1006972087?pt=696495&ct=Em... ) This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT#100125- sha1:0a83519 )