# Associate a contact with a case in Amazon Connect
<a name="associatecontactandcase"></a>

You can associate the contact to an existing case, such that the contact will appear on the activity feed of the case with indicator **Ongoing**.

![\[An ongoing contact displaying in a case's activity feed.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/cases-agent-application-associate.png)


![\[The activity feed, ongoing status.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/connect/latest/adminguide/images/cases-agent-application-associate2.png)