How to upload paper decisions in bulk

Program Chairs can post decisions one at a time on each submission, or upload them all at once with the Create Decision Upload step in the Workflow Timeline.

The upload posts through each submission's decision form, so the Decision step must already be open.

1. Create a CSV file with one decision per line: the paper number, the decision, and an optional comment. Don't add a header row. Each decision must be one of your Decision Options.

   1,Accept,Clear contribution.
   2,Reject,
   3,Accept,

2. In the Workflow Timeline, expand Create Decision Upload, click Edit next to Decision CSV, upload the file and click Submit.

3. Click Edit next to Dates and set the Activation Date to when the decisions should be posted. If that date has already passed, the upload runs shortly after you submit the file.

Uploading a file again replaces the decisions of the papers in it. Rows that can't be posted, for example an unknown paper number, are skipped and listed only in the step's logs.

If the activation date arrives before a file is uploaded, no decisions are posted and a "Decision Upload Failed" comment is posted on your venue request form.