--- title: "Track chair: Opening, skipping or hiding the review" description: The video below covers this process in detail. You can check it out on Vimeo here.     Once you are happy with the review assignments, you can open the review. Haven't allocated yet? Check out this ar --- [Skip to content](https://help.exordo.com/track-chair-notifying-reviewers-to-begin-reviewing#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![Logo Standard Medium.png\]](https://help.exordo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo%20Standard%20Medium.png?height=40&name=Logo%20Standard%20Medium.png) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - Want to refer Ex Ordo? Want to refer Ex Ordo? How can we help? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Knowledge Base - Support Documentation for Ex Ordo](https://help.exordo.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Track Chairs](https://help.exordo.com/track-chairs?hsLang=en) 3. [Reviews: managing reviewers and the review](https://help.exordo.com/track-chairs?hsLang=en#reviews-managing-reviewers-and-the-review) # Track chair: Opening, skipping or hiding the review The video below covers this process in detail. You can check it out on [Vimeo here.](https://vimeo.com/1127471182/0ee3c33462)   ### Opening the review:   Once you are happy with the review assignments, you can open the review. Haven't allocated yet? Check out [this article](https://help.exordo.com/track-chair-allocating-submissions-to-reviewers?hsLang=en) first. 1. Go to the **Reviews** hub 2. Ensure you are viewing the **List of Submissions** 3. Locate the **Open Review** button **IMPORTANT**! If you are a chair on multiple tracks and are allocating track by track, please ensure you are looking at the correct track before taking this action.  ![](https://help.exordo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-21-2025-10-21-21-1921-AM.png?width=670&height=458&name=image-png-Oct-21-2025-10-21-21-1921-AM.png) 4. Choose one of the following options in the pop-up: 1. **Open Only** - the review will open, but no emails will go to reviewers. You may need to email them separately so they know it's time to get started. Once you confirm this choice, your review will be open.  2. **Email & Open** - you will be brought into the communication hub and can follow the prompts to send assignments to reviewers. Once that email is sent, your review is open. 3. **No, Cancel** - the review will not be opened yet. You can come back and open it at another time. 5. Now it's time to manage your review. Be sure to check out the video above! ### Skipping the review to assign decisions:   You may not need any reviewers to give you their opinion on all submissions, or on a specific track. You can skip the review on all submissions or on a specific track by: 1. Go to the **Reviews** hub 2. Ensure you are viewing the **List of Submissions** 3. Locate the **Skip Review** button **IMPORTANT**! If you are a chair on multiple tracks and are allocating track by track, please ensure you are looking at the correct track before taking this action.  ![](https://help.exordo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-15-2025-11-41-28-1413-AM.png?width=670&height=481&name=image-png-Oct-15-2025-11-41-28-1413-AM.png) 4. Click on the **Skip Review** button. You will see a pop-up with information about this action. Click **Yes, Skip Review** to continue or **No, Cancel** if you are not ready. 5. Your track will be pushed into review. All submissions will appear in the Decisions Needed state, and you can [apply decisions.](https://help.exordo.com/decision-making-process?hsLang=en) ### Hiding the review: You may need to pause the review process. Hiding the review will prevent reviewers from seeing their assignments or continuing with their work. This is useful if you opened the review by accident and you don't want your reviewers to start the review just yet. 1. Go to the **Reviews** hub 2. Ensure you are viewing the **List of Submissions** 3. Locate the **Hide Review** button **IMPORTANT**! If you have tracks enabled and are allocating track by track, please ensure you are looking at the correct track before taking this action.  ![](https://help.exordo.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Oct-15-2025-11-48-00-6635-AM.png?width=670&height=376&name=image-png-Oct-15-2025-11-48-00-6635-AM.png) 4. Choose one of the following in the pop-up: 1. **Hide Review **- to bring your review back into the allocation stage, meaning reviewers cannot continue working. You can open it again later. 2. **No, cancel** - to keep your review open 5. 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