Troubleshooting: Duplicate assignments

Depending on how you configured your roles, some users might see what appears to be duplicate assignments on their Assignments page in IXIASOFT CCMS Web.

This task is performed by a CCMS Administrator. It applies only in CCMS Web.

This may happen if you have configured your roles so the Authoring:work status (or the equivalent in your deployment) is used for both subject matter experts who write content (contributor roles) and technical writers (writer roles). Individuals who are assigned to a topic under both roles might see what appears to be duplicate assignments on their Assignments page, but which are actually two assignments for the same topic under different roles.

  1. In the TEXTML Administration perspective, in system/conf folder, check out and open the roles.xml file.
  2. For each role intended for subject matter experts who write content (contributor roles) and technical writers (writer roles), ensure that the status selected for the Active time line for topics are different from each other.
    In the following example, both the Contributor and Writer roles are active for topics at Authoring:work:
    <role maxassignee="1" name="Contributor" topworkload="10">
                  <doctype name="Topic">
                         <timeline value="Active">
                               <status value="Authoring:work"/>
                         </timeline>
                  </doctype>
    </role>
    
    <role maxassignee="1" name="Writer" topworkload="10">
                  <doctype name="Topic">
                         <timeline value="Active">
                               <status value="Authoring:work"/>
                         </timeline>
                  </doctype>
    </role>

    To avoid the situation, make sure each role is configured with a different active status.

    <role maxassignee="1" name="Contributor" topworkload="10">
                  <doctype name="Topic">
                         <timeline value="Active">
                               <status value="Authoring:contribute"/>
                         </timeline>
                  </doctype>
    </role>
    
    <role maxassignee="1" name="Writer" topworkload="10">
                  <doctype name="Topic">
                         <timeline value="Active">
                               <status value="Authoring:work"/>
                         </timeline>
                  </doctype>
    </role>
  3. Save, close, and Check In the file.