Assign External Reviewers

Assign contacts as reviewers for an application and send email invitations to the external reviewer portal.

Once external reviewers are assigned to a review form for an application, email invitations can be sent to the reviewers to provide them access to the external reviewer portal.

The steps in this article outline how to assign external reviewers and send invitations for one application at a time. These actions can also be completed for multiple applications in batch. Manage External Reviews contains instructions.

  1. Navigate to the Grantee Portal tab of a request record.
  2. For the relevant application, click the Review Details tab.Review Details tab

  3. Click Assign Reviewer Portal Users.Assign Reviewer Portal Users button

  4. Check the box next to each contact to assign as an external reviewer, and then click Update. The list displays contacts who have already been given permission to access the external reviewer portal. External Reviewer Contact Coding and Filtering contains instructions on filtering the list of available contacts in the modal.Update button

    1. If a contact does not appear in the list, Click Add New Reviewer Portal User.Add New Reviewer Portal User button

      1. If the contact already exists in the site, search for and select the contact, and then click Save.Save button

      2. If the contact does not yet exist in the site, click the plus icon, complete the fields, and then click Save.Save button

  5. To send email invitations to the assigned external reviewers, complete the fields in the Send Invitations modal, and then click Send Invitations.
    1. The invitation can be sent at a later time from the request record.
    2. Alternatively, refer to Manage External Reviews for instructions on sending invitations in batch.Send Invitations button

The invitation email to an external reviewer contains a link to the external reviewer portal. A reviewer can use their account within the portal to complete reviews across multiple applications if assigned.