Node: Assign a Person

The Assign a person node (set_person) writes a value into a person-type column on the item that triggered a Board automation. It lets you set a specific owner directly, or copy the value from another person column on the same item (e.g. "copy Owner into Reviewer").

When to use it

• Automatically assign the task's creator, a fixed owner, or rotate assignments based on an earlier condition.
• Propagate the same person between two related columns (e.g. mirror the Owner into an Approver column).

Requirements

• Used inside a Board automation; the triggering item must be in context.
• The chosen column must be a person column, on the same board and level as the item.

Configuration

• Column (required): the person column to fill.
• Person: one or more workspace members (depending on whether the column allows multiple assignees).
• Copy from column (optional): instead of picking a person by hand, pull the value from another person column on the same item — when set, this wins over the manual selection.

Example

Automation "When moved to Review stage" → Assign a person node with Column = Reviewer, Copy from column = Owner (so the same owner also becomes the reviewer).

Tips

• If the target column only allows a single assignee and the source column has several, Omnifox automatically keeps just the first one.
• For assigning conversations in the inbox (not Boards), use the conversation assignment node instead of this one.

Troubleshooting

• "Target column not a person column on this board": pick a column whose type is Person.
• If you leave both the person and a valid source column unset, the step silently skips ("no person resolved").