# New Workflow Builder: Drawbacks to the Create Association Step **URL:** \ **Category:** HubSpot Ideas\ **Tags:** workflows, enterprise\ **Created:** [November 9, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-workflow-builder-drawbacks-to-the-create-association-step/164405 "2026-11-09T10:50:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mtopp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mtopp](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mtopp)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-workflow-builder-drawbacks-to-the-create-association-step/164405/1 "2026-11-09T10:50:48Z")
I am trying to begin using the new workflow builder to become familiar with it, but I am running into some drawbacks with the Create Association step. In the old workflow builder, when you created a task it defaulted to associating the task to the enrolled record. It was an easy box to check or uncheck. Now, it’s a separate step I have to create for each task. I also use subtasks a fair amount and there is no way to associate the subtask to the enrolled record. This happened automatically in the old builder. Now, when viewing subtasks in the Task Index View they look out of context and disconnected to anything and you can’t click on them to bring you to the record. Over half of my 450 workflows create tasks. This is a big pain. ---
**Author:** ![ManharChaurasia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@ManharChaurasia](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ManharChaurasia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-workflow-builder-drawbacks-to-the-create-association-step/164405/2 "2026-11-10T10:50:25Z")
With 450 workflows I’d hold off converting the ones that create tasks for now. As far as I know the classic builder still runs fine and converting is optional at this point, so those can stay where associating to the enrolled record is just a checkbox while you move the simpler ones first. Not sure there’s any way to tie a subtask to the enrolled record in the new builder yet, so I’d call that out separately here, since it breaks the Task index view and isn’t only an extra step. ---
**Author:** ![mtopp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@mtopp](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mtopp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/new-workflow-builder-drawbacks-to-the-create-association-step/164405/3 "2026-11-10T17:02:57Z")
Thanks for the reply. A little anxious about migrating over to the new builder eventually. Hopefully they address this. I made a new post about general issues with the task index including the one here about subtasks.