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Steel Contributor

Oct 30, 2022

Adding new Hub sites will not get reflected inside the existing "Associated Hubs" & "Associated Chil

We have multiple layers of Hub Sites, and we are using those options to show the related child Hubs and the related Hubs:- But if we add new Hubs sites and link them to existing hub s...

MVP

Oct 31, 2022

Associating hubs to one another is designed to support search. There is no "automatic" navigation in modern SharePoint - anywhere - so I'm not sure why you would expect associated hubs to do so. Even with a single hub - no sites automatically appear in navigation just because they are associated to a hub. I do not agree that this is a bug. In fact, I think that navigation should be carefully planned so, as an information architect, I prefer to choose which sites are in navigation.

john john

Steel Contributor

Oct 31, 2022

Susan_HanleyI am not managing the links manually,, i am using those built-in capabilities (not sure if you have ever used them before):-

those links are suppose to automatically show the associated hub/s and child hub/s without having to manually manage those links.. so if the underlying hubs change we should expect the links to get updated automatically as well.. so for sure it is a BUG or uncompleted feature..For example in the sub-sites , case, you can decide to show underlying sub-sites links inside the root site, and the sub-sites links will get updated automatically when adding/removing subsites.. seems you did not understand my main problem.. i am not managing those links manually from the beginning..

Susan_Hanley
MVP
Oct 31, 2022
john john I understand your frustration, but that's not how those links were designed to work. I believe you may be misunderstanding the intention of the "helper" links that are created when you edit hub navigation the first time you have associated two hubs together. This is very clearly stated in the documentation about associated hubs on this page: Associate a hub site to another hub site in the SharePoint admin center - SharePoint in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn so it is definitely not a bug. Look for the note in purple towards the bottom of the page.
- AlyssaAshleyTsang
  Copper Contributor
  Jan 20, 2023
  "Navigational links to associated hubs are not automatically updated when there are changes to hub associations in the SharePoint admin center." - Associate a SharePoint hub site to another hub to connect search experiences.
  
  I'm really confused as to what the intended use of this feature is. If it's the same as adding a link, and it doesn't add associated hub sites automatically, what is the point of having it as an option?
  - Susan_Hanley
    MVP
    Jan 20, 2023
    I agree with you! There is a "one time only" value to those links and very limited usefulness as an option over the long term. But, for set up, they can be helpful.