Hi,

I'd like to chime in with an alternative workflow approach for larger workgroups.

• Publisher has a master account which is used to create "derivate accounts" with specific privileges or no specific privileges. (Accounts with admin privileges can also create and edit derivate accounts for the master account.)
• The ‘Application Account’ (dps.somemagazine@publisher.com or dps.othermagazine@publisher.com) is a very powerfull account, which anyone (with access) can use to control the distribution (remove, publish, change any folio etc).
• Normally, a traffic manager would use an Application Account to publish, update, push, or remove a folio for a publication (an app.)
• A designer may use a derivative account with no specific privileges to create or edit folios or articles which will be used in a folio which was created by the traffic manager (Application Account).

So the workflow might be:

1. Traffic manager logs in to dps.somemagazine@publisher.com, creates an empty folio for the new edition
2. Traffic manager shares the folio with the designers that will work on this edition (jane@publisher.com)
3. Jane will log in to her Folio Producer using her own credentials (jane@publisher.com). She can participate in the co-creation of the folio
4. After the work is done, Traffic Manager un-shares the folio from Jane ; Jane cannot make any modifications anymore
5. Traffic manager checks the final folio and hits the ‘publish’ button

In the example above, all AdobeIDs should be built by the master account holder or an admin account for the master. By doing this, all work is created by these derivative accounts.

With kind regards,

Klaasjan Tukker

Adobe Systems

Hi Michael,

The publisher administrator can add the designers 'desiner@publisher.com' to their master account (without assigning any additional roles).

When the designer has an AdobeID that has already been used with DPS (has logged in using Folio Builder or the web interface), then the admin tool does not allow this AdobeID to be added at the moment. Adobe is working on a way to resolve this.

Currently a workaround:

• Find an emailaddress that is not associated with DPS (or create one using gmail)
• Log in into the DPS dashboard with the designer AdobeID and go to 'My Information' in de menu in the top right corner
• Choose 'change AdobeID'
• put in the newly created emailaddress

This will 'untie' the designer AdobeID from that account and allows it to be added to the publisher master account.

Klaasjan Tukker

yes, we had to err on the side of caution until we develop the ability to have the owner of and Adobe ID give permisison to have their ID added under a master account. I'm sure people would be less than happy if their Adobe ID was added under a master account without their permission. Imagine you are happily working away when all the sudden your account is now controlled by "Joe Publisher". So right now only new Adobe ID's can be added in as delegates.

Hi,

To add just a Viewer Builder account, add the new email address en only check 'enabled' in the section for Viewer Builder (you've already done this, looking at the screenshot). There are two options to get out of the state you are in:

a) You want this account to be a application account as well: Complete the field 'Report Suite' - fill in a name for the reportsuite and hit 'check availability'.  You can think of your own names here. After that, you can submit

b) You don't want this account to be a application account: uncheck 'enable'.

With kind regards,

Klaasjan Tukker

Adobe Systems