Edit Component Discussions for a review in Resolving

Before a review is marked as completed, you can edit or delete discussion comments about a specific component. These comments are created outside of the Review editor and can be found by opening the Collaboration pane and going to the Component Discussions pane.

The Collaboration panel can be hidden or expanded to see the list of reviewers and the discussions they had about the review content or details.

  • Each component in a review has its own Component Discussions pane. Although these messages are not linked to specific text in a component, they are linked to a specific component.
    • The messages will change depending on the component you select.
    • To see the discussion for a component, select the component you want to discuss first, and then open the Collaboration panel, go to the Component Discussions pane, and review the messages.

Permissions may be required.

  • If the review coordinator set the Resolving state restricts discussion option when creating or updating the review:
    • Only the review coordinator or administrator can edit or delete messages in the Component Discussions and Discussions (for the entire review) panes when the review is in the Resolving state.
    • Review coordinators cannot delete other reviewer's comments in the Reviewing state, only in the Resolving state.

    • No new discussions can be saved by any type of user when the review is in the State of Resolving.

      • The Create button is active in both the Component Discussions and the Discussions panes.
      • You can enter text on the Create Discussion screen, but after you select Create, the screen closes without any changes being saved.
    • Users who are not the review coordinator or an administrator can open the Collaboration panel when the review is in the Resolving state, but the following panes are greyed out and not available:
      • Component Discussions
      • Discussions (for the entire review)

    • If the review is not in a State of Resolving, reviewers can add, edit, and delete their own comments in the Collaboration panel until all users have completed their review or the review is cancelled.

  • If the review coordinator did not set the Resolving state restricts discussion option when creating or updating the review, any user participating in the review can edit or delete discussions until the entire review is marked as Completed or Cancelled.

To edit a message in the Component Discussions pane when a review is in the State of Resolving:

  1. In the email notification, to open a dashboard and manage your review assignment, click the review link.
  2. Select the component you want to discuss from the list of components.

  3. Go to the right side of the screen and open the Collaboration panel by clicking the Open arrow.

  4. To reply to a discussion thread, select the thread, and then click the Reply (arrow) icon .
  5. On the Create Discussion form, do the following:
    1. In Message, enter your text. You can use the text formatting options if necessary.
    2. Click Create.
  6. To edit your message in a thread, select the thread, and then click the Edit (pencil) icon .
    1. In Subject, edit the brief title for your discussion thread.
    2. In Message, edit your text. You can use the text formatting options if necessary.
    3. Click Update.
  7. To delete a message that you posted in the thread, select the thread, and then click the Delete icon .
    If you're trying to delete the first message in a thread and there are replies, you see the following error:

    You must delete all the replies before you can delete the thread.

  8. To delete an entire thread it must have no replies. You can delete a comment in the following ways:
    • If the thread has replies, delete those first.
    • To delete a thread with no replies, click the Delete icon .

      You will see a screen asking you for a confirmation. Click Yes.