linking AdWords with Analytics. two different UA codes?

[httpwebwitch]

When I look in AdWords, I do have it set up to send data to Analytics. The UA code is "123xyz" (ficticiously).

In Analytics, I'm seeing data using a different UA code: "999abc" (also ficticious, but note that they are different).

Naturally, Analytics shows that I'm getting no traffic from AdWords. not true.

I'm not sure how I got into this situation, but alas... I see no way in AdWords that I can change my UA id so the two services speak to each other.

Surely I could wipe out one account or the other, and start over. I'd rather... not.

Is there a good way out of this situation? I've been scouring for about half an hour searching for a way...

Sorry this is a "help" question better directed at Google, but I've found you webmasterworld people to be so helpful... and responsive! (unlike, a-hem, well you know)

[httpwebwitch]

Maybe this is because I started using GA before I started using AdWords?

Do they expect sites to be set up in the reverse order?

[httpwebwitch]

oh, great (sarcasm). I thought I could link a new Analytics account with the AdWords account, and now I've got two Analytics accounts with the same name. I'm just making things worse.

[httpwebwitch]

eureka.

while wandering from page to page clicking on things, I eventually learned that my accounts were improperly linked, I needed to unlink them, then relink them. My afternoon of wandering the labyrinthine world of Google AdWords settings is over.

sigh

thank you for reading this journal of frustration