Upload and submit experts comments from ISO/IEC commenting template
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Voters of NSMB who do not manage their NMCs in the Global Directory
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This article is relevant for voters of NSB who do not manage their NMCs in the Global Directory.
IMPORTANT:
The upload comments from file is only available during Committee and Enquiry stage (30.20 and 40.20) only.
During WD Study, the WG experts must enter their comments directly in the online document. More information available here: https://helpdesk-docs.iso.org/article/630-add-comments-and-proposals
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For more information about the process please view the article: Member commenting - getting started!
Demo video - upload comments from file
Upload comments from ISO/IEC commenting template
1 Choose a file
Select the commenting template to be uploaded from your device
2 View upload result report
The Upload result report will tell you if any rows in the file contain information that cannot be uploaded to the platform. The validation rules are the same as when the commenting template is submitted via the balloting application.
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For more information about the commenting template and supported format please view this article: Commenting template guidelines
In the upload result section, you will see if the commenting template includes invalid data and in which row.
Warning
You cannot upload the comments unless you resolve the errors.
In the section validation on rows, in the Errors column, you can see which rows are invalid and why. To proceed, correct the error in the document and upload the file again.
3a Click on import valid rows
Warning
At this stage, the comments have NOT yet been submitted to ISO!
3b Upload new comment(s) from file and make national
Voters can also choose to make national contributor comments national directly, while uploading the comments from a file.
To do so, in the Upload result section, select the checkbox: Submit all imported comments as national comments, and click on the Import valid rows button.
Once the comments have been uploaded as "national" comments, you will see the message: Comments have been successfully uploaded. Click on this message to close the upload files window and go back to the online draft.
Warning
For both 3a (import national contributor comments) and 3b (import national comments) above, you need to move the comments to right position and submit the comments to ISO by accepting the comments.
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