Edit Schedule Group Details

A Schedule Group is a collection of submissions that share a publication schedule. A Schedule Group can be used to manage the submissions assigned to a journal issue. A Schedule Group can also be used for books processing. If a publication site is configured for books processing, the site may be configured to display book-specific terminology (e.g., Schedule Group = Book). For books processing, labels of pages, buttons, headers, etc. may be different from the terms used below.

Information about a Schedule Group is available via the Edit Group Details link in the Schedule Group's Action column in the Manage Schedule Groups folder.

Schedule Group metadata and Additional Schedule Group Detail fields

The top section of the Edit Schedule Group Details page displays Schedule Group metadata. Metadata fields may be edited.

This section may also include Additional Schedule Group Detail (ASGD) fields (defined by the publication). Depending on configuration and user permission, the fields may be editable. Users with permission can turn on/off custom flags associated with each ASGD field via a checkbox next to the ASGD field. When set, flags appear next to the Edit Group Details link for the Schedule Group in the Manage Schedule Groups folder.

Table of contents

The bottom section of the page displays the Schedule Group table of contents (TOC). The contents list includes headers that have been defined for the TOC and submissions that have been added to the Schedule Group. Two links above the TOC grid allow a user to download the TOC.

Each submission line includes links to a variety of submission information and a link to remove it from the group.

Titles of holders for invited submissions (Proposals for journals or Projects for book processing) appear as TOC headers. Headers may also be added manually.

To add a header:

1. Click the Insert Header button to open a blank text box at the bottom of the TOC.
2. Enter text for the header.
3. Click the Save Changes link.

To reorder the TOC:

1. In the Target TOC Position column, enter numbers for each header and submission to define the preferred order.
2. Click the Update TOC button.

To remove a header or submission from the TOC:

1. Click the link, Remove Header or Remove from Group, next to the item.
2. Click OK in the confirmation pop-up window.

To add a submission to the Schedule Group:

Users with permission can add submissions. See Add Submissions to a Schedule Group

To download the TOC:

Click one of two links above the TOC grid in a tab-delimited file.

• Download Table of Contents
• Download Table of Contents in UTF-8 Format

Note: To open the downloaded UTF-8 formatted file in Excel, use the File > Open menu. Double-clicking on the file may result in Unicode characters not displaying properly.

Additional Manuscript Detail fields displayed in TOC

Any Additional Manuscript Detail (AMD) fields that have been configured to display on Schedule Group TOCs will appear in an expandable box under the related submission. An AMD field may be configured as editable by users with permission.

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