Restrict review discussions

When a review is in a State of Reviewing, you can update the option to restrict discussion editing when the review goes to a state of Resolving. If a review is already in the State of Resolving, or is Cancelled or Completed, you can only view the settings.

Tips and tricks

If you want to review content instead of the settings, follow the steps in Open a review.

On the second part of the Create Review form, you can set the discussion restrictions.

  • Resolving state restricts discussion. This allows you to restrict work in the Collaboration panel when a review has a State of Resolving.

    • By default, this option is not selected. If you leave it this way, all users participating in the review can edit or delete messages in the Component Discussions and Discussions (for the entire review) panes even after all users have completed their reviews.
    • If you select this option, only the review coordinator or administrator can edit or delete their own messages in the Component Discussions and Discussions (for the entire review) panes when the review is in the Resolving state.

      If you choose to restrict discussions in the Collaboration panel:

      • The restrictions only apply when a review has a State of Resolving.

      • 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 you select this option and the review is not in a State of Resolving, users can edit and delete their own comments in the Collaboration panel until all users have completed their review.

To update the option to restrict discussion editing when the review goes to a state of Resolving:
  1. Click Reviews.
  2. On the Reviews Management tab, in the list of reviews, select a review that is in a State of Reviewing.
  3. Right-click the review's row, and then select Open details.
    You can also access this option by clicking the Options menu and selecting Open details.
  4. On the Update Review screen, scroll down to the section after the details where you can enter a Description.

  5. On the Create Review screen, in the options section:

    1. By default the Resolving state restricts discussion option is not selected. If you want to allow only review coordinators and administrators to edit or delete messages in the Collaboration panel when a review has a State of Resolving, select this option.

      If you choose to restrict discussions in the Collaboration panel:

      • The restrictions only apply when a review has a State of Resolving.

      • 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 you select this option and the review is not in a State of Resolving, users can edit and delete their own comments in the Collaboration panel until all users have completed their review.

  6. On the Update Review screen, click Update.
    Results: When the review moves to a State of Resolving, if you choose to restrict discussions in the Collaboration panel:
    • Only review coordinators and administrators are able to edit or delete their own messages in the Collaboration panel.