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title: Why can’t I enter a Department, Location or Legal Entity for some Assets?
description: This may be related to a setting in Setyl which ensures that the Department, Location and Legal Entity of an Asset always reflects the Department…
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# Why can’t I enter a Department, Location or Legal Entity for some Assets?

This usually happens because of a Setyl setting. It makes an Asset's Department, Location, Legal Entity, Group and Team always match those of the Person it's assigned to.

**What you'll see**

You set a field such as Location on an Asset and click Save. You see "Asset was updated", but the field is blank or shows a different value. Setyl has replaced your value with the assigned Person's value. If the Person doesn't have that field filled in, it's cleared.

**How to fix it**

Use one of these:

- **Keep the setting and update the Person.** Make sure the Person's Department, Location and Legal Entity are filled in. Their Assets will then show the same values.
- **Turn the setting off for that field.** Go to **Settings \> Company Settings \> Automation**. Under **Auto assign Department, Location, Legal Entity, Group and Team**, untick any field you want to set yourself on each Asset.

**Which fields can be auto-assigned?**

You can choose any of **Department**, **Location**, **Legal Entity**, **Group** and **Team**. The setting applies to both Assets and Licenses assigned to a Person.

**Other settings that change Asset fields**

If an Asset's assignee or other details change on their own, it may be your asset sources updating it. See [What is Asset Auto Update?](https://help.setyl.com/asset-auto-update?hsLang=en)

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