NW Publisher Me view allows publishers to perform a variety of tasks, such as record Field Service Activity, see Field Service History, update Personal and Emergency Contact Information, submit Away Period, Request Literature and more.
Elders and Ministerial Servants have additional options.
Me app Features
Enable or Disable
- In New World Scheduler, click App > App Features
- Under Me, Tick or Untick the Me app Features you wish to enable or disable
- Send App Data to send the changes to the app
Publisher Information Data Access
You can fully customize what Publisher data both Elders and Ministerial Servants have access to.
- In New World Scheduler, click App > App Features
- Under Me > Show Publisher Information, select what Data and Restrictions to place on both Elders and Ministerial Servants
- Send App Data to send the changes to the app
Data
- Contact Information. View Person Contact Information
- Emergency Contact Information. View Emergency Contact Information.
- View Publisher Reports. View publishers Field Service Reports.
- Submit Publisher Reports. Can submit publishers Field Service Reports.
Restrictions
- All Persons. Shows this data for All Persons in your congregation.
- Field Service Group. Shows this data only for your Field Service Group.
- None. Will not show this data.
Important: Data shown on NW Publisher app only shows what was sent from NW Scheduler. If there are any data problems, please see Common App Questions & Problems – App Data Problems
Email Notifications
An Email Notification can be sent anytime a Publisher submits a Literature Request
- In New World Scheduler, click App > App Features
- Under Me > Allow Submit Literature Requests, type the email addresses of anyone who should receive an Email Notification.
- Note: Separate multiple email addresses with a semi-colon ;
- Send App Data to send the changes to the app
Publishers
- Note: Publishers can be disabled or enabled by the Show Publisher Information checkbox
- Note: You can fully customize which Publisher data both Elders and Ministerial Servants have access to. Please see Publisher Information Data Access
- Note: Data shown on NW Publisher app only shows what was sent from NW Scheduler. If there are any data problems, please see Common App Questions & Problems – App Data Problems
Publishers will show a list of Publishers in your congregation, arranged by Field Service Group.
Tap on a blue name to see the publishers Person Information, Emergency Contact Information and view Publisher Reports.
Tap on a pink month to Submit a publishers Field Service Report.
Field Service Activity
App Persons can record their own Field Service Activity using NW Publisher app
- Tap Me > Field Service Activity, or tap the Field Service Activity icon up the top-left corner of the app.
Field Service Activity is saved on the local device only.
At the start of the new month, if the publisher uses NW Publisher app to submit their Field Service Report, their Field Service Activity will be automatically totalled and added to their Field Service Report, ready for checking and sending.
Any partial hours are automatically carried over to the 1st day of the new month.
Field Service History
- Note: Field Service History can be disabled or enabled by the Show Field Service History checkbox
Field Service History allows publishers to see their own Field Service History for the current Service Year, including totals and averages, and a summary of the previous Service Year.
- Tap Me > Field Service History
- Note: If Allow Submit Reports is disabled, Field Service History is updated only after the Congregation Secretary clicks Congregation Field Service Report S-1 > Submitted to Branch, and then Sends App Data.
My Contact Information
- Note: My Contact Information can be disabled or enabled by the Show My Contact Information checkbox
My Contact Information allows publishers to see their own Contact Information and Emergency Contact Information. Publishers can update and send the changes back to the local congregation.
- Tap Me > My Contact Information
- After making changes, tap Send Updates
Process Updated Contact Information
Updated Contact Information or Emergency Contact Information must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
- Note: The person receiving and importing the Contact Information or Emergency Contacts must have User Access – Receive App Data – Receive Contact Information
Away Periods
- Note: My Contact Information can be disabled or enabled by the Allow Submit Away Periods checkbox
Away Periods allows publishers to see and submit their Away Periods (e.g. Holidays, etc) to the congregation. This helps brothers who schedule assignments and duties to avoid conflicts.
- Tap Me > Away Periods
- Create or edit Away Periods, then Send to the congregation
- Note: Publishers will receive a warning if they create an Away Period when they already have an existing assignment or duty, but the Away Period will still be created and sent.
Process Received Away Periods
New or updated Away Periods must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the normal manner.
- Note: The person receiving and importing the Away Periods must have User Access – Receive App Data – Receive Away Periods
If there is a conflict with an existing Assignment or Duty (e.g. the publisher submits an Away Period but already has an assignment), this will be shown on the Me view for the relevant overseer. See Away Periods (holiday) for more information.
- For example, Life and Ministry Meeting Student Assignment conflicts are shown for the Life and Ministry Meeting Overseer
Territory Requests
- Note: Territory Requests can be disabled or enabled using the Allow Territory Requests checkbox.
- Note: An Email Notification can be sent anytime a publisher Requests a Territory. See Email Notifications.
Publishers can Request either a Personal Territory or a Congregation Territory.
- In NW Publisher app, tap Me
- Tap Territory Requests
- Select either Personal, Field Service Group or Congregation
- Optionally, enter any Notes for Territory Servant
- Tap Request
- Press Send
Process Territory Requests
Territory Requests must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.
- Note: The person receiving and importing Territory Requests must have User Access – Receive App Data – Territories.
When a Territory Request is imported, a Custom Task will be automatically created for the Territory Servant, who can then make the Territory Assignment
- Note: If no one has been set as the Territory Servant under Congregation Responsibilities, Territory Requests will not appear for anyone.
Literature Requests
- Note: Literature Requests can be disabled or enabled by the Allow Submit Literature Requests checkbox
- Note: An Email Notification can be sent anytime a publisher Requests Literature. See Email Notifications.
Literature Requests allows publishers to submit their Literature Requests to the congregation.
- Tap Me > Literature Requests
- Create a new Literature Request
- Note: Publishers will need to type in what they need. They are no longer able to select Items from a list.
- Send to the congregation
- Note: The status of any Literature Requests are not sent back to the publisher
Process Received Literature Requests
New Literature Requests must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the normal manner.
- Note: The person receiving and importing the Literature Requests must have User Access – Receive App Data – Receive Literature Requests
Common Questions or Problems
No, you cannot assigns specific access for specific people.
Data and Restrictions can be placed on Elders and Ministerial Servants only.
Data shown on NW Publisher app only shows what was sent from NW Scheduler. If there are any data problems, please see Common App Questions & Problems – App Data Problems
No, territories must be manually assigned. There are many good reasons for this.
Yes, publishers can Request either a Congregation Territory, Field Service Group Territory or Personal Territory.
They may also enter a Note for the Territory Servant to request a specific type of Territory, for example Letter Writing Territory.
After enabling or disabling any App Features, you must click Send App Data and send the changes to the app.
To fix, simply Un-Tick then Re-Tick any App Features, and then send the changes to the app.
This problem also might occur if you have Congregation Sharing Problems.
- For example: The App Feature might be enabled on your computer, but this didn’t share properly, so the feature is disabled on another elders computer. If you notice this, please see Congregation Sharing Data or Syncing Problems.
No, with the following exceptions:
- Allow Public Witnessing Reservations is only enabled for approved publishers.
- Show Publisher information can be enabled for either Elders or Ministerial Servants only.
- Submit Meeting Attendance can be enabled for either Appointed Brothers or a selected Duty.