# Default value for People fields

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475>\
**Category:** Ideas & Features\
**Created:** [March 2, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475 "2026-03-02T20:54:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![halvorot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/halvorot/32/13889_2.png) [@halvorot](https://community.fibery.io/u/halvorot)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475/1 "2026-03-02T20:54:42Z")

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Please add the option of having a default value for People fields. This would be very useful for automatically assigning a specific person to a task on creation.

In my case I would use it as a workaround to have tasks show up in “My Work” widget without me having to assign myself to every task manually. This is my workflow since it is a personal workspace.

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**Author:** ![Chr1sG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/chr1sg/32/3941_2.png) [@Chr1sG](https://community.fibery.io/u/Chr1sG)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475/2 "2026-03-02T21:42:09Z")

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Have you considered using an automation rule to assign yourself every time a Task is created?

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**Author:** ![halvorot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/halvorot/32/13889_2.png) [@halvorot](https://community.fibery.io/u/halvorot)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475/3 "2026-03-02T22:13:53Z")

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Yes, that will be my workaround for now. Is there a reason default values cannot be added globally for (almost) all field types? Maybe except for files, documents and whiteboards. Otherwise I think it makes sense to add it to all types.

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**Author:** ![wilky](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/wilky/32/14625_2.png) [@wilky](https://community.fibery.io/u/wilky)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2026, 6:59am UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475/5 "2026-06-20T06:59:45Z")

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This worked for me, If you add a field to your user table called ‘Self’, then on your assignee field under ‘Advanced’ set ‘Automatically link Assignee with Tasks’ and map ‘Created By’ == ‘Self’

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**Author:** ![Polina\_Zenevich](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/polina_zenevich/32/480_2.png) [@Polina\_Zenevich](https://community.fibery.io/u/Polina_Zenevich)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/default-value-for-people-fields/10475/6 "2026-06-23T15:04:12Z")

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Hey!  
Quick update on that  
In fact we considered that, but so far we decided to not add default values to relation fields, it’s pretty challenging, so postponed.  
Noted your request anyway 🙂