Why do job events show “Manually Assigned” by SYSTEM?

In the job event history, you may sometimes see that a job was MANUALLY ASSIGNED by SYSTEM.

At first glance, this can seem confusing — “Manually Assigned” usually means a dispatcher selected a driver. However, when the event shows SYSTEM as the assigner, it’s expected behaviour in certain scenarios.

Why this happens

This occurs when:

1. You create repeat (recurring) jobs, and
2. You manually assign a driver to the first job in the series.

When the repeat jobs are generated, the system automatically carries over the same driver assignment to the future jobs in the series.

Because those future assignments are applied automatically (even though the original action was manual), the event log records the assignment as handled by the system.

Summary

• The first job was manually assigned by a dispatcher.
• The system then copies that assignment to subsequent repeat jobs.
• The repeated jobs therefore show SYSTEM as the assigner.

This is expected behaviour and does not indicate an error.