Agenda uploader functionality now available in CMS

The Agenda uploader was used for performing major actions on the agenda file. This process involved a separate installation of the Agenda Builder tool, thereby consuming time and hampering the primary action workflow of content managers.

Prior to this release, the ability to add, checkin, and checkout agenda to a subject required you to install and then launch the Agenda Builder tool. As a content manager, you could not perform these activities directly from the Manage Subjects page in the CMS.

Figure 1. Add agenda
Add agenda

For example, when you clicked the Add button to add an agenda for the first time to a subject, the following screen appeared. This further led you to install and launch the Agenda Builder tool, to complete the action.

Figure 2. Agenda uploader
Agenda uploader

This release introduces the capability to add, checkin, and checkout agenda in a subject directly from the CMS, without requiring the installation of the Agenda Builder tool.

So now, when you click the Add button to upload a new agenda to a subject, the following new screen appears.

Figure 3. Add agenda
Add agenda - new

This screen allows you to browse and select the agenda (.saz) file and upload it.

A similar new screen appears even when you click the Checkin button for a subject to submit a modified agenda file. After selecting the required file, you can click the Submit button to complete the process.

Figure 4. Checkin agenda
Checkin agenda

When you click the Checkout button for a subject to checkout the agenda, the following new screen appears.

Figure 5. Checkout agenda
Checkout agenda

You can click the Download button to download and save the agenda file locally. The remaining functionality stays the same as in the Agenda Builder tool.

Note: The agenda add, checkin, and checkout features in the Agenda Builder tool were available only in IE browser because other browsers did not support Java. However, the new features in CMS are now available on all supported browsers.