# Associate record to already existing record in Many to Many relationship

**URL:** https://community.forestadmin.com/t/associate-record-to-already-existing-record-in-many-to-many-relationship/2864
**Category:** Help me!
**Created:** [July 9, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/associate-record-to-already-existing-record-in-many-to-many-relationship/2864 "2021-07-09T11:05:46Z")
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### Author: ![cooki](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/cooki/32/2657_2.png) [@cooki](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/cooki)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 11:05am UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/associate-record-to-already-existing-record-in-many-to-many-relationship/2864/1 "2021-07-09T11:05:46Z")

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## Expected behavior

In a Many to Many relationship given Model A and Model B, I can associate Record of A to an already existing record of B, and vice versa (associate a Record of B to an already existing record of A).

## Actual behavior

We can see that there is 1 record of model A

 ![Screenshot 2021-07-09 125848](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/e/e6e0cc0bd85a0cfd91ab95414b453516b14955c9.png)

And 2 records of model B

 ![Screenshot 2021-07-09 130020](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/6/6c20d9e03d5256026bf24217a5b7d299e1ad4929.png)

But when I navigate to the details view of either, it asks me to create a new record, and I cant find a way to associate the already existing ones.

 ![Screenshot 2021-07-09 130502](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/1/1e763c76dfdd91f6fcfe18fa8bc5686868f79214.png)

 ![Screenshot 2021-07-09 130349](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/3/3916893f46699cb998bb8882b876f8ba5721e8af.png)

Thanks.

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### Author: ![anon34731316](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@anon34731316](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/anon34731316)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/associate-record-to-already-existing-record-in-many-to-many-relationship/2864/2 "2021-07-09T13:16:48Z")

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Hello @cooki,

Thanks for your message.

While being on the related data, you need to click on the “+” icon on the top left hand corner and you will see a “Add an existing…”, like in the screenshot below:

 ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/forest/original/2X/1/155cdf692218e18411b629c1dae9a3810439ba32.png)

Can you see it?

Thanks.

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### Author: ![cooki](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.forestadmin.com/cooki/32/2657_2.png) [@cooki](https://community.forestadmin.com/u/cooki)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.forestadmin.com/t/associate-record-to-already-existing-record-in-many-to-many-relationship/2864/3 "2021-07-09T13:29:04Z")

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hey @anon34731316 I found it.

Thanks a lot for your continued support, you guys are doing a great job 🙂