Reviewing draft files
When we are selected as a reviewer for library files, we must approve new or updated files before they are published to the library.
When a file is submitted for review, the designated reviewers receive an email to inform them that a file requires their approval. If the file is approved, it is published to the library and is visible to everyone with reader access to the library. If the file is rejected, it is returned to the file owner, who can update the file and resubmit the changed version for review.
By default, all designated reviewers must approve file drafts before they are published to the library. However, a community owner can override this requirement to specify that only one approval is needed. See Manage a community library.
To review a new or updated library file.
- Browse to the file that is pending the review. We can access the files that we must review by opening the library from the community navigation and selecting Review Requests from the Show list.
- Click Download to download and review the file.
- When you review the file, either:
- To approve the file and publish it to the community, click Approve. Click Leave an optional comment for the Editors to share more comments with the fellow reviewers before you click Approve again.
- To return the file to the file owner to be updated, click Reject. Click Leave an optional comment for the Editors to share more comments with the fellow reviewers before you click Reject again.
- If a reviewer cannot review a file, and we are a Community Owner, we can review the file on the reviewer's behalf. Complete the following steps:</cmd> <substeps> <substep><cmd> </substep> <substep><cmd></cmd></substep> </substeps> <info>The original reviewer cannot change a review done on their behalf by a Community Owner.</info></step>
- Click Review for Others...
- In the Review for Others</wintitle> page, select the person we are reviewing for and either Approve or Reject the draft.
Parent topic:
Work with draft files
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