# Assign existing avro schema to a topic

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/assign-existing-avro-schema-to-a-topic/5440>\
**Category:** Confluent Cloud\
**Created:** [1 July 2022 14:53 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/assign-existing-avro-schema-to-a-topic/5440 "2022-07-01T14:53:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![nerlijman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/nerlijman/32/2019_2.png) [@nerlijman](https://forum.confluent.io/u/nerlijman)\
**Post date:** [1 July 2022 14:53 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/assign-existing-avro-schema-to-a-topic/5440/1 "2022-07-01T14:53:31Z")

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Can I assign a previously created avro schema to a topic?

When I go to schema registry and then to the already created avro schema, I see  
**Used by topics:** –

How can I assign it to a topic, so it shows **Used by topics:** MyTopic.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![nerlijman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/nerlijman/32/2019_2.png) [@nerlijman](https://forum.confluent.io/u/nerlijman)\
**Post date:** [4 July 2022 13:18 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/assign-existing-avro-schema-to-a-topic/5440/2 "2022-07-04T13:18:49Z")

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I found it, its all about naming convention, and not a direct assignment. By default if the topic is named topic1 and the avro schema is topic1-value (for payload avro and not key) they will be shown as assigned.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/confluentcommunity/original/1X/c49438c90c9df282e9996fdf6971be890c71b65a.svg) [@system](https://forum.confluent.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [12 July 2022 15:43 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/assign-existing-avro-schema-to-a-topic/5440/3 "2022-07-12T15:43:20Z")

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