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. These panels are used when the reviewer's message is not linked to specific text, is about multiple components, or raises an issue about the review itself.
  • Reviewers. Use this area to see all the users participating in the review. You can use the Options menu to send a notification to the reviewer.
  • Component Discussions. 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.
  • Discussions. Every review has a Discussions pane. These messages are not linked to specific text or a specific component. The messages will not change depending on the component you select.
    • These messages can be used to provide comments on multiple components in the review or raise issues about the review itself.

    • If you want to work in the Discussions pane for a review in Resolving, follow the steps in Edit Discussions for a review in Resolving.

Permissions may be required.

  • If the review coordinator set the Resolving state restricts discussion option when creating or updating the review, only review coordinators or administrators can edit or delete their own messages in discussions.

    This restriction only applies when the review is in the State of Reviewing.

  • 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 .
    1. In Message, enter your text. You can use the text formatting options if necessary.
    2. Click Create.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.

  7. 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 .