If the Owner field on a supplier or bill won't show or save a name, it's usually a permissions issue you can fix once you know which one applies.
Steps
- Click into the Owner field (labelled Default owner on a supplier) to see what happens - it's a type-to-search field, not a plain dropdown, so it shows everyone in your account when you click in and narrows the list as you type.
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If no names appear at all, no matter what you type, ask your Owner or Admin to turn on Add and remove people for your role in Settings > Roles, or to set the owner for you directly.
- Owner and Admin have this permission by default; Accountant and Team Member don't. There's no view-only version, so turning it on also lets that role add and remove people from your account.
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If you can see and select a name on a supplier but the change won't save, check its status on the Suppliers page.
- While a supplier is Pending, its creator can change the Default owner directly. Once it's Approved, only Edit all suppliers works - Owner and Admin always have this and can't lose it, but it can be granted to an Accountant, Team Member, or custom role too.
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If it's a bill instead, ask an Owner, Admin, or Accountant (all hold Edit all invoice payments by default) to change the Owner, or have them grant your role that permission.
- Team Member doesn't have this by default, and Weel blocks the change outright without it, regardless of whether you're the bill's own owner. On a brand-new bill, Weel sets you as the owner automatically if you don't hold this permission, so you won't need to touch the field.