Restricting access to NW Publisher

[dvdgarofalo]

There is an option to 'Disable App Access'. Does anyone know what criteria the software uses for this? Does it use the person's email? Phone number? Both? Something else? tia

[luisenriquereyes]

43 minutes ago, dvdgarofalo said:

There is an option to 'Disable App Access'. Does anyone know what criteria the software uses for this? Does it use the person's email? Phone number? Both? Something else? tia

 

Greetings 👋  When you 'Disable App Access' for a publisher, a member PIN is not available for them to connect with the NW Publisher app:

 

 

[dvdgarofalo]

Thanks. Yes I got that. So safe to assume that there is no way to restrict at device level. Any device that has the credentials can access.  Was hoping there was a way to restrict a specific device. Thanks much.

[Sweetpea]

My understanding is that you can remove access to NW Publisher information by deleting the person from the system. To reconnect they need the congregation details and their personal PIN. Their PIN can be ‘updated’ within the system. 

[Mike047]

It is also possible to update NW publisher on one persons app by adding another person. E.g. a brother/sister with disabilities. This way one brother or sister can report for more than themselves. It can be a help when some in the congregation either do not have access to the app or are unable to use the technology. Does anyone know how many publishers one brothers app could accommodate? 

[Sweetpea]

19 hours ago, Mike047 said:

It is also possible to update NW publisher on one persons app by adding another person. E.g. a brother/sister with disabilities. This way one brother or sister can report for more than themselves. It can be a help when some in the congregation either do not have access to the app or are unable to use the technology. Does anyone know how many publishers one brothers app could accommodate? 

I had a look at the NW Publisher website and found the following:

 

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Delegates

If a publisher or CLM student does not own a mobile phone or does not want to use the NW Publisher App, another publisher can be set as their Delegate.

This means the delegate publisher will see the following in NW Publisher:

• Me view: A Delegates card listing who they are delegate for.
• Congregation view: The “Submit Field Service Report” card for the other person (at the start of the new month)
• Assignments view: Any upcoming assignments for the other person.
• Duties view: Any upcoming duties for the other person.

A publisher can only have one delegate, but publishers can be assigned as delegates for up to 5 publishers.

• Example 1: Brother James is a family head. His younger children are CLM students, but do not have mobile phones. Brother James can be assigned as the delegate for his children, and will see any upcoming CLM assignments.
• Example 2: Brother John is the Group Overseer. There are 2 older sisters in his group who do not have mobile phones. Brother John can be assigned as the delegate for those 2 older sisters, and can submit their reports using the App.

Assign Delegate

1. Click App > App Persons
2. Select the person who requires a delegate.
3. Click Assign Delegate
4. Select the person who will act as their delegate.
5. Click OK
6. Click App > Send App Data > Prepare & Send button

Remove Delegate

1. Click App > App Persons
2. Select the person who has a delegate
3. Click Remove Delegate
4. Click App > Send App Data > Prepare & Send button

Delegates Limitations

The Delegates feature is not designed to be used by Group Overseers to submit field service reports for their entire group. Instead, use the App Feature App Feature – Show Field Service Group for this purpose.

 

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