# New Association Trigger in Workflow

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023>\
**Category:** HubSpot Ideas\
**Tags:** workflows\
**Created:** [April 25, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023 "2023-04-25T16:15:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![MrBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@MrBean](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MrBean)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/1 "2023-04-25T16:15:39Z")

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We would love to use a new association event as a trigger in workflows.

This would be particularly helpful with updating deal properties when other properties change.

ie. when a deal is associated to a new primary company or custom association label, we’d love to use that as enrollment criteria for that deal.

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**Author:** ![OMueller7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/df788c/32.png) [@OMueller7](https://community.hubspot.com/u/OMueller7)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/2 "2023-08-16T16:10:47Z")

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Would be super useful, especially as associations become more powerful in HubSpot

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**Author:** ![matheus\_jiran](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/matheus_jiran/32/222_2.png) [@matheus\_jiran](https://community.hubspot.com/u/matheus_jiran)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/3 "2023-09-27T19:51:14Z")

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This is really needed.

In my use case, I need to trigger a workflow to update other systems based on Appointment (custom object) updates.  
Whenever a new Member (custom object) is associated with that Appointment, I need to trigger this workflow. I managed to use the Member’s property Email as a trigger, but it only works for the first enrollment, not for reenrollments.

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**Author:** ![StefanLoncar](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/stefanloncar/32/20472_2.png) [@StefanLoncar](https://community.hubspot.com/u/StefanLoncar)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/4 "2024-01-17T22:30:32Z")

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Yes this is very much needed.

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**Author:** ![diogoreus](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/diogoreus/32/29469_2.png) [@diogoreus](https://community.hubspot.com/u/diogoreus)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/5 "2024-04-16T14:59:28Z")

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+1

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**Author:** ![JWilden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@JWilden](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JWilden)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 8:37am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/6 "2024-05-09T08:37:42Z")

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Would be great to have this feature! I need to be able to trigger an alert when a document is associated with a deal

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**Author:** ![RobertHodson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/roberthodson/32/77566_2.png) [@RobertHodson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/RobertHodson)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/7 "2024-08-02T13:38:23Z")

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You can use can use associations as a filter for an active list. You can then use list membership as a trigger in a workflow. We have used this method successfully for a number of different applications where we needed the association to trigger the workflow.

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**Author:** ![ThaisCampbell](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/thaiscampbell/32/95016_2.png) [@ThaisCampbell](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ThaisCampbell)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/8 "2025-06-11T03:31:37Z")

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+1

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**Author:** ![CGraham440](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71c47a/32.png) [@CGraham440](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CGraham440)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-association-trigger-in-workflow/80023/9 "2025-09-12T19:43:48Z")

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Yes, this would be very helpful!! I’m surprised it has yet to be added.