# Field Type Question, Assignees

**URL:** <https://community.fibery.io/t/field-type-question-assignees/2441>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-type-question-assignees/2441 "2022-01-24T14:13:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![uniquelau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/uniquelau/32/3836_2.png) [@uniquelau](https://community.fibery.io/u/uniquelau)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-type-question-assignees/2441/1 "2022-01-24T14:13:31Z")

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In Fibery it is possible to add 1 “Assignees” field per entity type.

I couldn’t find any documentation about this field, what it is for, why it exists and if it has any super powers.

My observations are as follows:

- It can contain lots of items
- It cannot be renamed
- It only exists on the right hand pane
- It can only exist once
- It is tied directly to Fibery users

The only documentation I can find on it, is the tool tip:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/fibery/original/2X/9/94630a1ed0f5050717bdbd60b9692856355d0538.png)

Do people have any thoughts about using it vs a relation field?

/Laurence

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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:** [January 24, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-type-question-assignees/2441/2 "2022-01-24T14:19:31Z")

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Compared with a standard relation field…

- Assignee provides native triggering of notifications (so you don’t need a rule).
- A User with ‘Contributor’ permission level has read/write access to an entity when assigned, but read-only otherwise.

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**Author:** ![uniquelau](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.fibery.io/uniquelau/32/3836_2.png) [@uniquelau](https://community.fibery.io/u/uniquelau)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://community.fibery.io/t/field-type-question-assignees/2441/3 "2022-01-24T14:52:09Z")

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Ah that is quite interesting from a permissions point of view.

Re: notifications, interesting as well, I wasn’t aware of that.

I’ll have to do some experiments and see how it all hangs together.

Thanks, Lau