Associating transaction with payment profile via API

[sashman]

I'm creating a profile and payment profile id when creating a transaction and have used both the create profile from transaction api call and the createprofile=true on a create transaction API call.  Both methods don't actually associate that transaction with the payment profile or even the profile.  I would have expected it would.  Regretfully the system we are integrating with requires a transaction be associated with a payment profile.  Sigh.  So, is my only recourse here creating a profile and payment profile first and then using them in a transaction?  I read that the creation of a payment profile is async which could cause issues.  Is it possible to associate a transaction with a payment profile using the create profile from transaction api call?

[mmcguire]

Yes, create the profiles first and then the transaction.

In the other cases, the transaction comes before the profile is generated, so it is not associated with it.