Creating and managing publications in Plan & Release

This article describes how to work with publications in Plan & Release. 

Publications

A publication is an organized collection of entities that you want to publish as a printed matter, using inriver Print or inriver Print 2.0 and Adobe inDesign®.

The content of a publication is structured into sections. Sections are the equivalent to nodes in a channel.

The main difference between a channel and a publication is that a publication is intended specifically for print in Adobe inDesign® while a channel is about publishing entities to other places like market places and webshops. 

To create a publication

1. In the Web Portal > Plan & Release, click the Create new entity   icon in the top navigation bar and select Publication.
   
   
2. Fill out the fields in the Create Publication window that opens. Note that any field name that is followed by a * is mandatory. Note the title you give the publication. 
   
   
3. Click Save to close the dialog and return to the Plan & Release dashboard, where you get an overview of all available channels and publications. 
   
   
4. Click the publication that you just created. An overview of the publication is shown. 
   
   
5. Click the Structure tab at the top.
   
   
6. Click the publication name.
   
   
7. Click the Add   icon to add a new section.
   
   

   Note: A section can be just one page, a Lookup, 2-6 pages, or whatever you need for a particular part of your publication.

8. Fill out the fields in the Create Section window that opens.
   
   

   Note: The ID must be a unique ID that only contains the allowed characters A-Z and digits 0-9.
   

9. Click Save.

To add a section

To add a new section on the same level as the top section (node): 

1. In the Web Portal > Plan & Release, click the publication where you want to add a section. 
   
   
2. Click the Add icon to add a new section and fill out the fields.
   
   
3. Click Save. 

To add a new section on the level below the top section (node): 

1. In the Web Portal > Plan & Release, click the publication where you want to add a section and make sure that the top section is selected.
   
   
2. Click the Add icon to add a new section and fill out the fields.
   
   
3. Click Save.

Printing a publication

For information about how to work with publications in inriver Print, read this article. 

To delete a publication 

1. In the Web Portal > Plan & Release, click the navigation menu ( ) on the publication that you want to delete.
   
   
2. Click Delete. 

To delete publications (or sections) in bulk

1. In the Web Portal > Plan & Release, click one of the publications that you want to delete.
   
   
2. In the top left corner of the channel overview, click the Query Editor icon to open the Query Editor.
   
   
3. Use the Query Editor and search for Entity Type + Equals + Publication (or Section).
   
   
4. Select the publications you wish to delete.
   
   
5. Click Delete Selection in the navigation menu ( ) of your Query results. 
   
   

   Note: Deleting a section this way will permanently delete it, as opposed to only removing the relation from a section without deleting it. 

Further reading

Restyled inriver Plan & Release: overview

Restyled inriver Plan & Release: publications

Restyled inriver Plan & Release: sections