File Weights and ThresholdsOnce authors have begun to upload their contributions to the proceedings, it is then possible for editors to begin the work of processing the contributions into a form suitable for final publication. The first task is to configure the SPMS to assign different weightings according to the different types of file that have been uploaded. This is controlled via the screen
 In this example, source files have been given the highest weight (2), then PDF and PostScript (PDFS) files (1). All other file types get the weight of (0). These weightings control which contributions will be to assigned to an editor therefore only source and PDF/PS get a weight. The weighting threshold is set in the "System Parameters" (see screen shot below). The values for "Always Available" in the case of "Other Supporting Files", "Portable Document Format or PostScript", and "Source File" showing "No" which means that these file types are not visible for upload when a paper has the status "Assigned to an Editor", "Yellow", or "Green". This ensures a controlled workflow where only files can be uploaded on "Red" or when unassigned.
 Here, the "File Upload Threshold" should be set to a suitable value, initially 3. In this case, editors will be assigned a contribution for which a source file and a PDF or PostScript file have been uploaded. When these have been exhausted, the threshold can be lowered to 2, at which point they will be assigned contributions for which there is the source file present but no PDF/PS file. Setting it to 1 will give contributions containing only a PDF/PS file. As most editors preset a "Source Type" on their Editors' Page for the auto assignment, no papers will be assigned as the Source Type is not known. In this case "PDF only" papers can only be assigned using the option
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