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paulmedynski
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6 months ago

Review Subscriptions & Role Changes

Hi, I'm using a hosted Collaborator instance v13.12.131204.  I have subscribed to reviews for certain authors as an Observer.  However, if they want me to be a Reviewer, they cannot change my role f...
  • paulmedynski's avatar
    6 months ago

    I believe what you're saying is that a subscriber cannot override their subscribed role.  Oof!

    For example, it isn't possible for User B to be subscribed as an Observer on Author A's reviews except for one particular review by Author A where User B wants to be a Reviewer.

    I can see a couple of workarounds:

    • Change the subscription role to Reviewer while performing the desired review, and then change it back to Observer.
    • Delete the subscription while performing the review as a Reviewer, and then re-create it once the review completes.