# Assign To Workflow Owner Trigger

> Assigns the following step to the user that initiated the workflow.

URL: https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/content-management/workflows/workflow-triggers/assign-to-workflow-owner-trigger.html
category: Content Management
article-type: reference
content-kind: article
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tags: workflows
updated: 2026-10-06

## Overview

This trigger assigns the following step (the step that will occur as a result of this action) to the user that initiated the workflow. This is particularly useful in the case of a "Reject" / "Request Edits" action where the following step should always be assigned back to the workflow initiator.

## Declaration

```xml
<trigger class="com.cms.workflow.function.AssignToWorkflowOwner" name="AssignToWorkflowOwner"/>
```

## Usage

```xml
<trigger name="AssignToWorkflowOwner"/>
```

## Parameters

None.