# Create Association Labels without Matching

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-association-labels-without-matching/155676>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** object\
**Created:** [August 10, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-association-labels-without-matching/155676 "2026-08-10T13:48:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gtuerk\_gpc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gtuerk\_gpc](https://community.hubspot.com/u/gtuerk_gpc)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-association-labels-without-matching/155676/1 "2026-08-10T13:48:24Z")

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Rather than having to do this in Custom Code (which works), I would prefer to be able to create an association label using another association itself. The use case is that when a Deal is created and is associated to a Contact with a particular association label, I would like to be able to use the Primary Company association of the Contact and set an association on the Deal to that Company. Currently, you must have a property on the Contact that matches a Company property (Contact.Company\_Name = Company.Name).

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**Author:** ![profitpad](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/profitpad/32/97864_2.png) [@profitpad](https://community.hubspot.com/u/profitpad)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-association-labels-without-matching/155676/4 "2026-08-11T11:27:22Z")

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have run into the same issue and would love that feature!

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**Author:** ![Kelvintavarez](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kelvintavarez/32/226511_2.png) [@Kelvintavarez](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Kelvintavarez)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2026, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-association-labels-without-matching/155676/5 "2026-08-11T16:53:17Z")

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This seems like a useful improvement. Being able to reference an existing association when creating another association would make workflows much cleaner and eliminate the need for duplicate matching properties. In this case, using the Contact’s Primary Company association directly when the Deal is created seems much more reliable than matching `Contact.Company_Name` to `Company.Name`. I’d definitely prefer a native association-based option rather than having to maintain custom code for this.