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By default, all phases are assigned to the job's Job Creator. This means that the user that created the site is automatically assigned to all the job's phases. This has some exceptions based on a user's permissions (please see this article on setting User permissions: What are the user permissions in EverBright and how do they work How do I manage users and set permissions? ). Not all users who have permissions to create a lead (Job Creator) have permissions to other phases such as (Project, Quote, Qualification, Proposal, Contract, and Operations). In these cases, by default, all phases that the Job Creator does not have access to will be Unassigned.
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