Feature request: Submittals and Reviews - unification of functions

[matyas_mori]

Hi all,

Today, I’d like to discuss my suggestions for improving the Submittals tool. This tool is very similar to the Reviews tool, with nearly identical core functionality, but the flexibility for project admins is much more limited compared to Reviews. Would it be possible to extend the Submittals functions with the same features as in Reviews? This shouldn’t be too difficult since the functionality already exists in the software. For example, adding the option to choose between calendar and working days, which is currently unavailable in the Submittals tool but available in Reviews. Another issue is that you can’t prepare Submittal templates in the project template, whereas the Reviews tool allows this. Speaking of templates, would it be possible to release API endpoints for both Reviews and Submittals, specifically GET and POST, to enable automatic posting of both tool templates to new projects?

I believe these suggestions would significantly enhance the usability of both tools.

Thanks and see you! 

[Ric_Weber]

A review is a submittal, a submittal is a review... basically?  Should all features of both items just be rolled into one tool for everyone to use?  Then within a project, the reviews/submittals would just roll over from being design reviews to being construction submittals?  Different review types could be set up for differing types of submittals/reviews so the correct roles that need to see it and/or review it can do so.  I had never really thought about that, but if the two tools were simply rolled into one, would that make the most sense?  I haven't really used either but that's just what I'm thinking about from an outsider's perspective.  If I'm completely off base here, let me know.  In either regard I definitely agree that the two tools should basically have the same functionalities.