I'm trying to assign a Lead to a Partner, but they're not showing up in the assignment dropdown. What's going on?

Modified on Wed, 12 Oct, 2022 at 3:13 PM

The Lead Distribution module allows you to send sales prospects to your Partners. Leads can be assigned to individual Users at a Partner Organization, or assigned to a Partner Organization directly. 



There are a number of reasons why a User might not be showing up in the Lead assignment dropdown, including:

  1. The User is not assigned to a Group with access to the Lead Distribution module. You can resolve this issue by updating your Partner Groups to include one of the following permissions: 
    • View All Leads - The ability to receive Leads and view Leads assigned to other Users at their Organization 
    • Receive Leads- The ability to receive Leads and view only the Leads assigned to them (individually)

  2. The User is one of the following: 
    • Pending User - Leads can only be assigned to active Users unless you enable the below setting to assign Leads to Pending Users. 
    • Contact - Contacts are not Users in the system so they cannot log in or receive Leads. An Admin will have to promote the Contact to a User and assign them to a Group that includes one of the Lead Distribution permissions listed above. 
    • Disabled User - Disabled Users do not have access to the portal so they cannot log in or receive Leads.  


If a Partner Organization isn't showing up in the Lead assignment dropdown, make sure:

  1. You have the "Allow assigning Leads to Partner Organizations directly (instead of Partner Users only)" box checked under Settings > Lead Distribution > Lead Distribution Module Settings:


  2. The Partner is listed as an Active Partner Organization in Channeltivity.

  3. The Partner Organization includes at least one User that's assigned to a Group that includes the "View All Leads" permission. 

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