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# Assigning an Owner

## Overview

If a view was created and shared by a user, and the user was later removed from the system (for example, they left the organization), the view will continue to show up for recipients as a shared view but with a No Owner label. Any user with whom this view was shared with originally would now see an Assign Owner action and can use it to specify a new owner.
Note: Only the users with Share Grid Views or Shared Report Views permissions will be eligible to be the new owners of appropriate views. This will ensure that the shared views remain in the system, and someone else can take their ownership and maintenance even if the original owner is removed from the system.

## Assigning an Owner to the Shared View

1. Select the shared view with the No Owner label.
   Note: The Assign Owner is present in the list.

2. Select a user to assign as an owner to the view.
   Note: Users with Shared Grid Views and Share Report Views permissions display in the list. Use Search to find the a user. Only a single user can be assigned.

Note:

- The selected user becomes the new owner of the view. In the example above, the view will now be owned by Alvin and the view will display in his Personal Views section.

- All previous sharing settings are retained.

- All recipients will now see Alvin as the owner of this view.

- If the previous owner is re-activated in the system, then all his views will be owned by him as well. That means that there will be 2 owners now.