Definition

Publishing a scorecard freezes its criteria, weights, and standards as a numbered version. Categories use an active published version for new evaluations; a draft does not replace that version.

Context

Open QA Settings · Scorecards, choose a scorecard, and select Version history to inspect drafts and published versions. The category's QA Analysis tab in Categories shows which published version is active for that category.

Attributes

  • Draft changes: Editing a draft does not rewrite a published version or alter evaluations already made with it. The editor saves draft changes and shows the save state; wait for a successful save before publishing.
  • Publication: Publish and activate creates a new immutable version and makes it active for the categories selected in the publish dialog. A published scorecard with no category assignment remains inactive for category evaluations.
  • New evaluations: They use the active published version assigned to their category. A batch freezes the scorecard version it was started with, so later scorecard changes do not silently change that batch's standard.
  • Past evaluations: Their results should be read against the version recorded with the run. A later scorecard edit or publication does not rescore completed work automatically.
  • Restoration: Restore as draft copies an earlier published version into an editable draft. The earlier snapshot and current published version remain in history; the restored content affects new work only after it is published again.

See How To Restore An Earlier Scorecard Version for the restoration steps.