# Automatic association for Call engagement objects created using API **URL:** \ **Category:** Marketplace Apps\ **Created:** [August 24, 2022, 5:59am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-association-for-call-engagement-objects-created-using-api/63610 "2022-08-24T05:59:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sajjanstrings](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sajjanstrings/32/26012_2.png) [@sajjanstrings](https://community.hubspot.com/u/sajjanstrings)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 5:59am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-association-for-call-engagement-objects-created-using-api/63610/1 "2022-08-24T05:59:59Z")
Hi, I wanted to understand how does the automatic association to open deals work specifically for call engagement created using API. Example: An api creates an engagement object linked to a contact names “Mark” and a company named “Acme”. If mark has only one open deal but acme has 5 open deals, how would the auto association work? Will this engagement be linked to all 5 deals? ---
**Author:** ![coldrickjack](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/coldrickjack/32/6684_2.png) [@coldrickjack](https://community.hubspot.com/u/coldrickjack)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 8:35am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-association-for-call-engagement-objects-created-using-api/63610/2 "2022-08-24T08:35:58Z")
Hey @sajjanstrings, The answer here is that it really depends on how you choose to integrate, it’s certainly possible but not the default behaviour. By default If an engagement (Call, Meeting, Task, Note, Email) is created via the [CRM API](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/associations) and associated to a contact they will not be automatically associated to other records in the CRM as per this [documentation](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/crm-setup/associate-activities-with-records). What needs to happen is that the integrator also makes a call to an endpoint to define additional associations to other objects. ---
**Author:** ![sajjanstrings](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sajjanstrings/32/26012_2.png) [@sajjanstrings](https://community.hubspot.com/u/sajjanstrings)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-association-for-call-engagement-objects-created-using-api/63610/3 "2022-08-24T09:29:31Z")
what if we were creating it from the older API: [https://legacydocs.hubspot.com/docs/methods/engagements/create\_engagement](https://legacydocs.hubspot.com/docs/methods/engagements/create_engagement) ---
**Author:** ![coldrickjack](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/coldrickjack/32/6684_2.png) [@coldrickjack](https://community.hubspot.com/u/coldrickjack)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 10:25am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-association-for-call-engagement-objects-created-using-api/63610/4 "2022-08-24T10:25:14Z")
Hey @sajjanstrings, The same applies, it won’t automatically associate to other records. It will only associate to the records with the IDs you provide in your request. Also, I’d recommend using the newer versions of the API as ultimately the legacy endpoints will be deprecated at some point. ---
**Author:** ![sajjanstrings](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/sajjanstrings/32/26012_2.png) [@sajjanstrings](https://community.hubspot.com/u/sajjanstrings)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/automatic-association-for-call-engagement-objects-created-using-api/63610/5 "2022-08-24T10:35:25Z")
I tried testing this and looks like Hubspot did auto associate an engagement with a deal that I didn’t explicitly ask it to associate the engagement with. It seems to look at all open deals for a contact and auto-linking to them all.