CHAIR HOW-TO: Delete and Restore Submissions

OVERVIEW

There are times when a Chair may need to delete a submission or restore a submission that has been deleted.
This will describe how to delete and/or restore submissions.

DELETE A SUBMISSION (SINGLE)

  • From the ‘Chair Console,’ find the paper to be deleted. Click ‘More> Submission>Delete.’

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  • Click ‘Delete.’

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DELETE A SUBMISSION (BULK)

To delete all submissions, do not filter for any. This example is filtered for the ‘Desk Reject’ status. This returned 14 papers with that status.

  • From the ‘Chair Console,’ filter for the Submissions that are to be deleted.

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  • Click ‘Action>Bulk Delete Submissions’

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  • A popup appears reading ‘Bulk delete submissions will be performed for selected items.’ Click ‘OK.’

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All 14 submissions have been deleted.

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VIEW DELETED SUBMISSIONS

  • From the Chair Console click ‘Actions>Deleted Submissions.’

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The ‘Deleted Submissions’ page opens.

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SEARCH DELETED SUBMISSIONS

Note

A paper that was deleted by an author who deleted their CMT account is irretrievable.

The 'Deleted Submissions' page is searchable by Paper Id, Paper Title, Author name and/or Track.
In this case we will search by Author 'jane doe.'

Note

The 'Deleted Submissions' page is not searchable by email nor any verbiage/text written in the abstract.

  • Type 'jane doe' in the Author field then press enter.

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All of the papers with 'Jane Doe' as Author appear.

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RESTORE DELETED SUBMISSIONS (SINGLE)

Note

A paper that was deleted by an author who deleted their CMT account is irretrievable.

Find the Paper that needs to be restored. In this case, it is Paper ID 33.

  • Click ‘More>Restore.’

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Paper ID 33 has been removed from the ‘Deleted Submissions’ page.

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  • Click the ‘Submissions’ tab to get back to the ‘Chair Console’ to verify the restored paper is listed.

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RESTORE DELETED SUBMISSIONS (BULK)

If all Submissions are to be restored, do not filter for any. This example is filtered for the title of ‘Insight.’ This returned 3 papers with that title.

  • From the ‘Deleted Submissions’ page, filter for the papers that need to be restored.

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  • Click ‘Actions>Restore Selected Submissions.’

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  • A popup appears reading, ‘Are you sure you want to restore selected submissions?’ Click ‘OK.’

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All 3 papers have been removed from the ‘Deleted Submissions’ page.

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  • Click the ‘Submissions’ tab and verify the 3 Papers have been restored.

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