# Direct associations **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 5, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/direct-associations/8730 "2019-02-05T10:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Tomm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tomm/32/10625_2.png) [@Tomm](https://community.homey.app/u/Tomm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 11:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/direct-associations/8730/4 "2019-02-05T11:48:20Z")
This post, posted in the dutch-subforum helped me a lot. > [@Associations maken?](https://community.homey.app/t/associations-maken/1737/2): > > @Pacogssl Associations are one of the big mysteries of Z-Wave! Personally, I am not a huge fan of Associations (in practise rather than theory) - mainly because it is easy to lose track of what is happing with your Z-Wave network and you lose a lot of “granular control” - my best advice if you would like to persevere with Associations is to keep a record somewhere written down! Actually assigning an Association in Homey is rather simple… First, make a note of the “Node ID” for the device you… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/direct-associations/8730)._