Assignments and their common uses

When you begin reviewing, you must link reviewers to applications for evaluation. These reviewer–application pairings are called assignments.

You can view all assignments in the Manage workspace under Reviewing > Settings > Assignments.

This includes assignments created via:

• Panels
• Manual assignments
• Random assignments

Create assignments using panels

Panels are the most common way to create assignments. A panel determines:

• Who reviews
• Which applications they review
• When reviewing is available

Panels allow you to assign reviewers to applications in bulk, typically by category, chapter, or tag. When you create a panel, assignments are automatically generated.

For full configuration steps, see the guide: Create a reviewing panel.

Create assignments manually

Manual assignments allow you to pair reviewers with applications individually. This method is useful when:

• Only specific applications need assigning
• Exceptions to panel logic are required

See the guide: Manual assignments.

Create assignments using random allocation

Random assignments allow you to:

• Assign a set number of applications per reviewer
• Assign a set number of reviewers per application

This avoids creating pairings manually.

See the guide: Random assignments.

View applications assigned to a specific reviewer

1. In the Manage workspace, go to Reviewing > Settings > Assignments
2. Click Advanced
3. Use the Reviewer filter to select a specific reviewer
4. Click Search

The results will show all applications assigned to that reviewer.

Good to know

• Assignments are created automatically when panels are saved.
• Individual assignments created via panels cannot be deleted directly. To remove a panel-based assignment, remove the reviewer from the panel.
• Manual and random assignments can be deleted individually.