Creating a priority area

Outlined below is the basic process for creating a new priority area submission, and publishing the plan on the AusSeabed Data Portal on the Priority Area Submissions layer:

Step	Description	User Interface

Step	Description	User Interface
1	To create a new priority area submission, you need to click on the “Add” button. The add submission button can be found in 2 locations:
	By clicking on the priority area tab from the home page and finding the “Add Submission” button at the bottom of the list displayed.
	By scrolling to the bottom of the home tab, expanding the priority area tab and finding the “Add Priority Area” button on the expanded panel.
	Once you have a new record opened, there are 3 tabs to complete: Priority Area Registration
	The areas of interest tab where you are able to upload a complete shape file of polygons outlining the areas being prioritised for survey.
	Submission confirmation tabe where the polygons you have entered will be displayed on the map, and the acknowledgement that the user entering the data is authorised to do so.
	Once these tabs have been completed, the user is able to publish the record by: Clicking on the “Submit” button at the top of the screen, followed by the “Save” button, and Clicking on the “Publish” button that is on both the top and bottom of the screen in a record that has been submitted. The two step publication process is in recognition of the potential for one staff member to undertake data entry, while another staff member may be the delegate responsible for publication and as such may wish to review the record completed, prior to publishing.
	Once published, the priority area information is available on the portal and may be revised by the user at any time, simply by clicking on the “revise” button within the record.