Create a Collaborative Review

On the Collaborative Review (CR) page, you can create a CR to get feedback from subject matter experts or other users about content.

In the default configuration, you can create a CR from a map in any status.
Note: Your deployment of IXIA CCMS might require that maps are in a specific status to create a Collaborative Review.
  1. Find the map from which you want to create a CR.
    You can create a CR from anywhere you see the map, such as in Map Editor or your Favorites.
  2. Click More Options icon, and select New Collaborative Review.
    The New Collaborative Review dialog opens.
  3. Enter a title for the CR, and click Next.
  4. (Optional): To create a CR with a redline comparison, do the following:
    1. Click Add Collaborative Review.
    2. Search for a CR to compare with the your new CR.
    3. Click radial button for it.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click Next.
    Note: If you generate a PDF of the CR, the PDF will also show the redline comparison.
  5. (Optional): To apply a ditaval to conditions in the CR, choose one of the following actions:
    1. Click Add Ditaval.
    2. Search for a ditaval.
    3. Click the radial button for the ditaval you want.
    4. Click OK.
    5. Click Next.
    The Assignments section opens. You are automatically assigned if your active role allows you to change the CR status.

    You can click Edit icon to change the assignment or Trash icon to delete it.

  6. Click Add Role.
    1. From the Role drop-down list, select a role.
      The role you choose determines the available users you can assign. For a user with multiple roles, you can only assign each role once.
    2. From the Users drop-down list, select users for the assignment role.

      You can select as many users as you want with this role up to the maximum number of assignees allowed, which depends on your system configuration for the role.

      Tip: You can type in a name to search for a user. If there are more than 250 users, some users might only appear in the list when you search for them.
    3. (Optional): In the Comment field, add a comment for assigned users to see in the expanded row information of the object.
      Note: This comment is also added to the revision history of the object assigned.
    4. Either enter a date or click Calendar icon to pick one.
      The correct format for dates is yyyy/mm/dd. For example: 2020/12/31.
    5. Pick an assignment rule for the users:
      Assignment rule Description
      Allow users to change status Users can manually change the status of the assignment.
      Note: You cannot select this rule if the role does not already allow users to change the status. This cannot override how roles are configured.
      Mark as finished if everyone is finished The assignment changes to finished for all users only if all assigned users mark the assignment as finished.
      Note: You cannot select this rule if the role only allows one assignee.
      Mark as finished if at least one person is finished The assignment changes to finished for all users if any assigned user marks the assignment as finished.
    6. Click Add.
  7. (Optional): Add additional roles using the steps above.
    You can only add a role once. You can select multiple users for the specified role.
  8. Click Next.
  9. (Optional): To generate a PDF that reviewers can download, select Yes.
  10. Click Create.
CCMS Web begins generating a CR.
Go to your My Outputs page to see the progress and open a CR. If you generated a PDF of a CR, you can download it from the My Outputs page. Reviewers can download the PDF from the table of contents in a Collaborative Review.
Note: Since a CR is generated like an output, CCMS Web can fail to generate it if there are errors. Check the error messages to troubleshoot.