# Association Labels

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** sales\
**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046 "2024-02-13T13:12:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![TSajaia](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/tsajaia/32/18868_2.png) [@TSajaia](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TSajaia)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/1 "2024-02-13T13:12:13Z")

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Hello, I created 50 association labels Contact-to-Contact, now I want to use the same labels for the Deal-to-Contact association, but the program is not giving an opportunity, telling me that I should Enter a unique internal name value.

Please, help to identif

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y the solution. Thank you in advance.

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/2 "2024-02-13T13:15:18Z")

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Hi @TSajaia,

I’ll ask the obvious question: Have you used “sister” as a label for contact-contact? If so, that would explain the error message.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![TSajaia](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/tsajaia/32/18868_2.png) [@TSajaia](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TSajaia)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/3 "2024-02-13T13:45:59Z")

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Hi, thank you for replying. Yes, one of the labels needs to be a sister. Could you please clarify your conclusion?

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/4 "2024-02-13T13:46:48Z")

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@TSajaia if “sister” is already in use, the conclusion would be that you need to find a different label than “sister” for this new association label.

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**Author:** ![TSajaia](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/tsajaia/32/18868_2.png) [@TSajaia](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TSajaia)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/5 "2024-02-13T13:49:53Z")

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Sure. That is not very convenient, because why Deal-to-Contact cannot have the same relation, and consequently association label as Contact-to-Contacts in database. Thanks

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/6 "2024-02-13T13:51:12Z")

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@TSajaia I don’t disagree but for now, it unfortunately is what it is. You can request a change under HubSpot Ideas: [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/idb-p/HubSpot\_Ideas](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/idb-p/HubSpot_Ideas)

For now, the solution would be to choose a different label.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![TSajaia](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/tsajaia/32/18868_2.png) [@TSajaia](https://community.hubspot.com/u/TSajaia)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/association-labels/100046/7 "2024-02-13T13:53:24Z")

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You helped a lot. I appreciate.