Activate or Deactivate Additional Features

Enable additional features such as the Co-Author Dashboard and Reviewer PDF for all, or only certain, journals.

Before you begin

You must Super User or Tenant Super User permissions to complete this task.
Note: Super Users can perform all the actions described on this page, in particular enabling a feature for only certain (pilot) journals. Tenant Super Users can perform most of the actions, but they cannot enable a feature only for pilot journals.

About this task

Activating or deactivating features, whether at the platform or journal level, takes effect immediately, and you do not need to create a new journal configuration and publish it for the change to take effect.

The features that can be activated or deactivated from this page are:

Procedure

  1. Enable a previously inactive feature only for certain journals.
    Only Super Users can perform this action.
    1. From the Publisher Settings > Additional Features tab, click Activate for the required feature.
    2. Click Enable for pilot journals.
      Active in pilot journals will display above the feature name.
    3. Activate the feature for each required journal on its configuration page.
  2. Enable a previously inactive feature for all journals.
    Both Super Users and Tenant Super Users can perform this action.
    1. From the Publisher Settings > Additional Features tab, click Activate for the required feature.
    2. If you have Super User rights, click Activate for all journals.
    3. If you have Tenant Super User rights, click Yes, activate.
    Active in all journals will display above the feature name.
  3. Enable, for all journals, a feature that was previously activated only for pilot journals.
    Both Super Users and Tenant Super Users can perform this action. However, a Super User must have previously enabled the feature for pilot journals.
    1. From the Publisher Settings > Additional Features tab, click Activate for all journals for the required feature.
    2. Click Yes, activate for all journals.
      Active in all journals will display above the feature name.
  4. Deactivate a feature.
    Both Super Users and Tenant Super Users can perform this action. The steps for deactivating a feature are the same whether the feature was enabled only for pilot journals or all journals.
    1. From the Publisher Settings > Additional Features tab, click Deactivate for the required feature.
    2. Click Yes, deactivate.
    Inactive will display above the feature name.