Viewer precedence

Using the ReviewInterfaceViewerOrderPrecedence instance setting, you can determine the order of which Viewers display first in the Review Interface for your entire instance. Viewer precedence lets system admins or project managers configure the Review Interface to automatically switch Viewers based on whether or not a document is present in the Viewer. This reduces the number of clicks needed to review documents and saves time switching between different Viewers. For example, you can set the Viewer precedence to the Image Viewer so that when you're reviewing imaged documents with the occasional native spreadsheet document without images, the Viewer will load the Image Viewer first and only switch to the Native Viewer when an image isn't present to speed up your review time.

The ReviewInterfaceViewerOrderPrecedence setting does not hide Viewers but instead helps you create an order to which Viewers display first, depending on which are available and the type of document you are opening. While you can enter a single value to prioritize that Viewer above the rest, you can also enter several Viewers in an order to determine a Viewer precedence. For example, if you enter native, image, text, then the Native Viewer will open first if a native document exists. If a native doesn't exist, then the Image Viewer will display first. If the document does not have a native or an image, the Text Viewer will display first instead.

To create and configure the ReviewInterfaceViewerOrderPrecedence instance setting:

1. Navigate to the Instance Settings tab.
2. Click New Instance Setting.
3. Complete the fields on the Instance Setting Information layout using the following values:
   • Name—ReviewInterfaceViewerOrderPrecedence
   • Section—Relativity.DocumentViewer
   • Value Type—Text
   • Encrypt—No
   • Value—Enter whichever Viewers you wish to take precedence in order from left to right. If you enter no value, then Viewer precedence is disabled.
     For example, entering native, production will prioritize the Native Viewer first and if a document does not have a native, the Production Viewer will be displayed first instead.
   • Initial Value—native, image, text, production, storedpdf
4. Click Save.
   The ReviewInterfaceViewerOrderPrecedence instance setting is added to the instance setting list and the Viewer precedence is determined by what you entered for the Initial Value field.