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title: "2025.09 | New Assignment Flow"
url: "https://help.timly.com/en/article/202509-new-assignment-flow"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2025-08-05T14:02:03.199Z"
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# 2025.09 | New Assignment Flow

**Experience The New Way To Assign Items**  
  
  

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### **🆕 What Has Changed?**

What do all Timly users have in common? They have all assigned items — and not just once. That’s why this update is particularly relevant. **We have streamlined the assignment flow — it’s now faster, smarter, and even more connected**. Timly’s assignment system is central to operational efficiency. It enables secure, digital allocation of assets — providing complete traceability and accountability at all times. For many organizations, it has already transformed inventory management. Today, we’re taking that capability to the next level.

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\- **The Previous Assignment Flow** -   
 

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**Previously**, assigning an item required clicking the "**Assign to**" button, which opened a **dropdown list**. All choices were displayed but not connected. For example, if you intended to assign an item to a place but then decided to assign it to a person instead, you had to exit the flow and click "**Assign** to" once more.

#### \- **The New Assignment Flow** -   
  
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**Now**, everything is connected. To assign an item directly from its item page, simply click "**Assign**" and **seamlessly navigate between the various resource types to which you want to assign your item.**

  
Clicking “**Assign**” opens a panel with a category dropdown. From there, you can assign your item to:  
\- A place  
\- A person  
\- A container item

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There are two simple ways to find the right resource to assign your item to:

-   At the top of the panel, you’ll see resource types (places, people, and container items).  
    Click on a resource type to select the specific place, person, or container item you want to assign this item to.
-   Alternatively, search your resources by typing the name of a place, person, or container item. You can choose to search across all your organizational units or narrow it down to a specific one.
-   Search results will appear at the bottom of the panel. Simply select the one you want and click “**Assign**”.

📖 Find all the details about the new assignment flow and the different ways to assign items in our guide [**How Do I Assign Items?**](https://help.timly.com/en/article/how-do-i-assign-items)

### **🔀 Why Did We Change It?**

Assigning items is at the core of your workflow. Such a fundamental action deserves **an experience that matches its importance**: **more direct, clearer, and more cohesive**. The new assignment flow offers a **faster, simpler, and more unified way to assign items**. Whether you're managing one item or many, the process is now **more intuitive, consistent, and efficient**. By redesigning and enhancing this flow, we've aimed to save you time with every click while making each step of the process more transparent. 

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### **📚 More Resources**

-   Help Center: [**How Do I Assign Items?**](https://help.timly.com/en/article/how-do-i-assign-items)

📩  Do you have more questions? Schedule a [**free and non-binding demo**](https://timly.com/en/free-online-demo/) with one of our experts, or ask us at [**contact@timly.com**](mailto:contact@timly.com).