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To associate two records, it's mandatory to have these three fields:**Search Fields to associate** ,**ObjectType to associate**, and**Association Label**. If any of these three fields aren't configured, the association skips.

Field | Details

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Search Fields to associate | This finds a unique record of custom object based on key-value search properties so that records can be associated together. <br> * An association record fails if there is more than one record returned from the search association object. <br> * An association skips if no record is found with the data provided in key:value format.

ObjectType to associate | To associate the newly created and updated custom object record with another object type, select the object type you want it to be associated with.

Association Label | Select an association label between both the object types. From the HubSpot Dashboard, you can create associations between any type of object. To create an association label: <br>1. Log in to the[HubSpot Dashboard](https://app.hubspot.com/){:target="_blank"}. <br>2. Go to**Data Management > Objects > Custom Objects**. <br>3. Go to the**Associations** tab and click**Create association label**.