Before working with Reviews, ensure that:
- Users have sufficient permissions to view and work with the content they'll be reviewing and editing.
- Users have sufficient permissions to move the topics into and out of the associated release states (using the change into state and change out of state options).
- The release states used by Reviews in the review and editorial stages are defined with the review types "Review" or "Editorial".
Review types
The following "review type" permissions determine how review participants can work with topic content in the different applications. The review types are "Review" and "Editorial" and are assigned to release states by your Library's Security Administrator in Administrator.
(For steps involved see: Assigning Release States for Reviews)
The review types assigned to content determine how participants can interact with the content and Author-it modules. The workflow control used by Reviews is enforced by assigning specific release states to the review in the Review Form. The release states are automatically assigned to content as it meets the requirements for each stage in the review.
Let's look at the actions participants can complete at the different stages of a review.
For participants added as reviewers:
- Review - Participants added as reviewers work with the content in Reviews. During this phase, the "reviewer" can make suggestions in the topic, or comment on suggestions from other reviewers.
For participants added as authorized editors:
- Review - During the review phase, an authorized editor can open a topic and accept or reject suggestions (before it is moved to the "editorial" phase). This action is completed in Reviews.
- Editorial - During the editorial phase, an authorized editor can open the topic in Author and accept or reject suggestions. When they are ready they finalize the content by saving the topic. When the topic is in the editorial phase suggestions can no longer be added using Reviews.