Adding Candidates to a Schedule Post-Launch

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There may be times when an additional Candidate must be added to a confirmed / launched schedule. This could happen if a Candidate was missed in the initial launch or was assigned to the incorrect department and needed to be re-launched to route to the correct reviewers. Instead of creating a new standalone schedule for the additional Candidate, you can simply add them to an existing one.

To get started first open the launched schedule and then click the Add Candidate hyperlink located under the View Candidates button within the Candidate card.

The Candidates For Review section showing counts for Candidates Selected and Submissions, each displaying 1, with View Candidates and View Submissions buttons. An arrow highlighting the Add Candidate link below the candidates count.

A prompt will appear with a drop-down menu for selecting the desired user account to add as a Candidate to the schedule. Once the account is selected, click ADD button to begin the validation process.

The Schedule Configuration page showing the Candidates For Review section. The cursor clicks Add Candidate, opening the Select a candidate to include in Annual Review modal, displaying a Candidate dropdown. The cursor selects candidate1, then clicks Add.

When the validation process begins, you will see a "Candidate validation in progress" message.

The Select a candidate to include in Annual Review modal showing a Candidate dropdown set to 1, Candidate (candidate1). A loading toast appearing at the bottom showing Candidate validation in progress. The modal displaying Close and Add buttons.

When a successful validation process is completed, an "Add successful" message will appear.

The Select a candidate to include in Annual Review modal showing an empty Candidate dropdown and a confirmation message reading Add successful below the field. The modal displaying Close and Add buttons.

When a Candidate is added, a new submission is generated for them. If the schedule start date has passed, a step started email will be sent to the newly added Candidate. Their submission will then follow the defined email settings for the remainder of the process.

Validation Errors

If the validation process fails, a validation error message will appear, explaining why the Candidate could not be added. The message will provide instructions on how to adjust the schedule to accommodate the inclusion of the additional candidate. If the unit scope of the added candidate does not align with the candidates already included in the schedule, a separate schedule must be created and launched for the candidate.

The Select a candidate to include in Applications for Tenure (2021–2022) modal showing a Candidate dropdown set to Adalberto, Jonathan (jadalberto) and displaying a validation message below the field stating that no reviewer is specified for the user’s organization and prompting to create a new schedule. The modal showing the close icon at the top.

The schedule was launched without any candidates or reviewers from the School of Nursing. Adding a candidate from a different scope than those included when the schedule was launched is not possible rather a new schedule should be created using Creating a Workflow Schedule.

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