NW Publisher App Features

The NW Publisher app has been designed to be used in a variety of congregations and settings. Therefore, it can be configured by the local elders to suit local circumstances.

To enable or disable App Features, click App > App Features

NW Scheduler NW Publisher app App Features Menu

Enable or Disable App Features

  1. In New World Scheduler, click App > App Features
  2. Tick all the App Features you wish to Enable, and Un-Tick all the features you wish to Disable.
  3. Confirm each selection
  4. Click Send App Data and send the changes to the app
NW Scheduler NW Publisher app App Features

Allow Submit Reports

Allows publishers to use NW Publisher app to submit their monthly Field Service Report.

Publishers

From the 1st of each month, publishers can see the Submit Field Service Report button on the main Congregation screen.

  • Note: There is no way to submit a report early.

Appointed Brothers

Submitted Field Service reports must be Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.

Show 'Allow Data Processing' Message

Adds a custom message and checkbox to the Submit Field Service Report screen, that the publisher must tick before sending their report.

Publishers

On the Submit Field Service Report screen, publishers must tick the checkbox before they can submit their reports.

Appointed Brothers

We recommend only using this feature if absolutely necessary and if required by law.

  • Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
  • Note: If you Enable Show ‘Allow Data Processing’ Message you must also set a message. There is no default message.

Allow Submit Meeting Attendance

Allows either Appointed Brothers, Attendants or another Duty to submit the Meeting Attendance from NW Publisher app.

Options

Tick Appointed Brothers to allow any and all Appointed Brothers to submit the Meeting Attendance for any meeting.

Tick Attendants (or select another Duty) to allow persons with that duty on that meeting to submit Meeting Attendance. They will not be able to submit on any other meeting.

Publishers

Publishers do not use this feature.

Appointed Brothers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
  2. Under either Midweek Meeting or Weekend Meeting, tap a week
  3. If you have been approved to submit Meeting Attendance, the very bottom of the schedule will have a section to enter and submit meeting attendance.
NW Scheduler NW Publisher app App Features Submit Meeting Attendance

Show CLM Timing on Schedule

Shows the Life and Ministry Meeting Timing for all non-student parts.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
  2. Under Midweek Meeting, tap a week
  3. Timing is shown on the schedule

Appointed Brothers

The meeting Start Time is based on your Congregation Information > Midweek Meeting time. Other times are based on the Meeting Workbook and cannot be changed, except for the Living and CBS parts.

Ensure both This Year and Next Year’s meeting times are accurate to ensure the CLM Timing is accurate.

Allow Hospitality Requests

Allows publishers to Request Hospitality for a particular Weekend Meeting.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
  2. Under Weekend Meeting, tap a week
  3. Under Weekend Assignments > Hospitality, tap Request

Appointed Brothers

  1. If a Public Speaker is available and willing to accept hospitality, under Schedule – Public Talks Local, Tick Available for Hospitality
    • Note: If Available for Hospitality is ticked, publishers can then Request Hospitality for that week using NW Publisher app
    • Note: If Available for Hospitality is not ticked, a message will be shown on NW Publisher app saying Not Available.
  2. An assigned brother should Receive and Import any Hospitality Requests.
  3. After import, a new Custom Task will be automatically generated and assigned to the Public Talk Coordinator.
  4. The Public Talk Coordinator should then review the requests, and manually assign Hospitality in the normal manner.

Show Public Witnessing

Allows publishers to see the Public Witnessing schedule on NW Publisher app.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
  2. Under Public Witnessing, tap a week

Appointed Brothers

To allow publishers to make their own Reservations, please see Allow Reservations below.

Allow Public Witnessing Reservations

Allows approved publishers to make Public Witnessing Reservations on the Public Witnessing schedule using NW Publisher app.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Schedule
  2. Under Public Witnessing, tap a week
  3. Tap a day
  4. Under their desired Location and Shift, tap Reserve.
  5. To remove a reservation, tap the X next to their name.

Appointed Brothers

Publishers can only make a reservation if they approved, i.e. are Active and have Assign > Public Witnessing ticked

Public Witnessing Reservations do not need to be Received or Imported unless you wish to make manual changes to the Public Witnessing schedule. In that case, please see Sync App Reservations.

Show Field Service Assignments

Shows the Field Service Conductor and Field Service Custom (e.g. Zoom Host) assignments on NW Publisher app.

Publishers

Field Service Assignments are shown on the Assignments screen of the NW Publisher app.

Appointed Brothers

Showing Field Service Assignments can be useful if brothers often forget to take the Field Service Group, but can be annoying if the same brothers regularly take the same group and don’t need reminders.

  • Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
  • Note: If you disable this feature, existing Field Service Assignments will continue to show. Only new assignments will not show.

Show Contact Details on CLM Assignment Slips

Show the publishers contact details on any Life and Ministry Meeting Assignment Slips that include an assistant.

Publishers

Contact Details are shown on the Assignment Slips when they are opened.

Appointed Brothers

This can be useful for helping the publishers coordinate preparing and practising the assignment.

  • Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
  • Note: After enabling this feature, contact details will only be applied to new Life and Ministry Meeting assignments.

Show My Contact Information

Allows publishers to see their Contact Details and Emergency Contacts. Publishers can also Send Updates or changes back to their congregation.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap My Contact Information
  3. After making changes, tap Send Updates.
    • Note: After sending, updates are only shown after your local elders have processed them.

Appointed Brothers

Updated Contact Information must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.

Show 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.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap Field Service History

Appointed Brothers

If Allow Submit Reports is disabled, Field Service History is updated only after the Congregation Secretary clicks Congregation Field Service Report > Submitted to Branch, and then Sends App Data.

Show Field Service Group

Allows Group Overseers, Group Assistants and/or Elders to see their own Field Service Group.

Field Service Group information can include Contact Information, Emergency Contact Information and/or View and Submit Publisher Reports.

Publishers

Publishers cannot use this feature.

Instead, to allow publishers to see a complete Field Service Group list for the whole congregation, first Save the Congregation Field Service Groups report as a PDF, then add the Document to the Congregation Information Board

Appointed Brothers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap Field Service Group
NW Scheduler NW Publisher app App Features Field Service Group Submit Reports

Allow Submit Away Periods

Allows publishers to view, add, edit and remove Away Periods (holiday) on the NW Publisher app.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap Away Periods

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.

Appointed Brothers

New or updated Away Periods must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the normal manner.

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.

Show Territory Assignments

Allows publishers to view and Check In (return) any Territory Assignments.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap Territories

When Checking In or Returning a territory, Notes can be entered and will be sent to the Territory Servant.

Appointed Brothers

Returned Territories must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the  usual manner.

If any returned territory has Notes for the Territory Servant, this will display on the Me view of the Territory Servant.

Allow Territory Requests

Allows publishers to Request Territories from the NW Publisher app.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap Territories
  3. Tap Request Territory
  4. Optionally, enter any Notes for Territory Servant
  5. Press Send

Appointed Brothers

Territory Requests must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.

When a Territory Request is imported, a Custom Task will be automatically created for the Territory Servant, who can then make the Territory Assignment.

Allow Submit Literature Requests

Allows publishers to submit Literature Requests using NW Publisher app.

Publishers

  1. In NW Publisher app, tap Me
  2. Tap Literature

Appointed Brothers

Literature Requests must be manually Received and Imported into New World Scheduler in the usual manner.

  • Note: See Enable or Disable App Features to learn how to enable or disable this feature.
  • Note: See Receive Literature Requests to learn how to receive literature requests.
  • Note: The status of any current Literature Requests are not sent back to the publisher. They will simply see their request.

Common Questions or Problems

Please carefully re-read the sub-heading Enable and Disable App Features.

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. I.E. 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 Field Service Group can be enabled for either Group Overseers, Group Assistants or Elders only.
  • Submit Meeting Attendance can be enabled for either Appointed Brothers or a selected Duty.
  1. Ensure you are using NW Publisher app 2.7.1 or greater.
  2. Ensure you have access to submit Meeting Attendance for that meeting, for example:
    • Appointed Brothers has been ticked and you are an appointed brother.
    • Selected Duty has been ticked, and you have that Duty on that meeting.

No, not at this time.

Instead, we recommend training the publishers to request territory or hospitality well in advance. This is both a responsible and reasonable thing to do.

Brothers could also assign someone to regular check for and Receive or Import App Data. We recommend checking perhaps every 3-4 days.

No. NW Publisher app data does not connect with NW Scheduler. This is for security and privacy reasons.

Data must be manually imported into NW Scheduler.

No, the NW Publisher app is not designed for this purpose. If you enable the App Feature Show Field Service Group, you can see your Field Service group only.

If you wish to provide a complete Contact List or Emergency Contact List to all elders, please Save, Print or Email the Person Contact Information or Emergency Contact List reports.

If you want access to the latest features as soon as possible, please become a Beta Tester and receive Beta Version Updates.

Otherwise please patiently wait until the next version of New World Scheduler is released. New versions are generally released every few months, and only after thorough testing by our Beta Testers.

We do not provide specific information about when a future update will occur, or what will be included in an update. These details are only released with the update. There is no need to contact us asking about any future update.

Please see Updating New World Scheduler for more information.

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