The "Add Owner to Opportunity" action assigns a specified user as the owner of an existing opportunity. Depending on your system settings, this action may also update the associated contact's owner if contact and opportunity ownership are synchronized. This functionality ensures that each opportunity is assigned to a designated owner responsible for managing its progression through the sales pipeline. 

How It Works

Navigate to Automation > Workflows, and either create a new workflow from scratch or open an existing opportunity-based workflow.

Add the relevant opportunity triggers or the “Find Opportunity” action.

📌Note: This action requires an opportunity to be in context- either triggered directly by an opportunity workflow trigger or through a prior "Find Opportunity" step. If no opportunity is found, the action will not be executed.

Next, add the Add Owner to Opportunity action.

Action Name 

Use this field to update the action name to accurately reflect its intended purpose.

User

From the user dropdown, select the team member to which each opportunity should be assigned.

You can choose to limit this assignment to opportunities that are currently unassigned by enabling the “Only Apply to Unassigned Opportunities” feature, or you can override the current owner for all opportunities by leaving it disabled.

Finally, save the action and activate the workflow to automate the process as required.

Sync Settings

If contact and opportunity owners are synchronized (as configured in the Opportunity Settings), changing the opportunity owner will also update the contact’s owner. If synchronization is not enabled, only the opportunity owner will be modified.

Edge Cases

• Multiple Opportunities: If the "Find Opportunity" step identifies multiple potential matches, only one opportunity (either the earliest or latest, depending on your selection in the Find Opportunity step) will be updated.
• No Opportunity in Context: If no opportunity is found or triggered, the action will be skipped.

Practical Example

Scenario: A workflow identifies high-value leads through the "Find Opportunity" action and assigns them to a specific user for priority follow-up.

Trigger: A lead qualifies as high-value based on form submission data.

Action: Find Opportunity

• Filters: Opportunity Value greater than 5000

Action: Add Owner to Opportunity

• Action Name: “Assign High-Value Lead to {{User}}”
• Only Apply to Unassigned Opportunities: Disabled (to override any existing owner)

With this configuration, all opportunities meeting the "high-value" criteria identified by the "Find Opportunity" step will be assigned to the respective user, ensuring immediate attention and follow-up. If the system is set to synchronize contact and opportunity ownership, the contact owner will also be updated accordingly.