# Unknown Original source for accounts

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/unknown-original-source-for-accounts/80242>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** workaround\
**Created:** [April 28, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unknown-original-source-for-accounts/80242 "2023-04-28T06:55:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![HBui18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@HBui18](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HBui18)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 6:55am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unknown-original-source-for-accounts/80242/1 "2023-04-28T06:55:51Z")

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We have many accounts without the original source. Do you know why the original source type property value is empty?

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**Author:** ![CateDuarte](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/cateduarte/32/78852_2.png) [@CateDuarte](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CateDuarte)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 10:54am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unknown-original-source-for-accounts/80242/2 "2023-04-28T10:54:09Z")

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Hi @HBui18 , you have the explanation here: [HubSpot's default company properties](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/companies/hubspot-crm-default-company-properties) (under Original Source).

“information about the original source of the contact with the earliest activity for this company.”

Hope this helps.

Thank you,

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**Author:** ![HBui18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8491ac/32.png) [@HBui18](https://community.hubspot.com/u/HBui18)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/unknown-original-source-for-accounts/80242/3 "2023-04-28T14:31:03Z")

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Hi Catarina, thank you for your answer. I understand the original source. The case is, the original source of some accounts on our database is empty. Do you know any possible reason behind this case?