This instruction is only relevant for Annual Academic Achievements (AAA) editors.

The Research Collection contains publications that have an organisational code attached which has not yet been confirmed by a person responsible for the Annual Academic Achievements report.

Organisational codes are added to a publication but not confirmed 

  • when entered by a person that does not have the permission to confirm an organisational unit
  • when entered via batch import
Confirm organisational codes via batch process
  • Login to the Research Collection with your ETH user account.

  • In the left hand navigation under the Publish heading, click Confirm organisational codes

If you do not see the Confirm organisational codes menu, even though you are logged in to the system, this means that you do not yet have permission to confirm the code(s) you are responsible for. Please read up on this topic on the Academic report instructions page.



  • The list displays all publications that have been attached to the organizational unit you are responsible for.

  • Confirm one or more code(s) by activating the checkbox next to it.

  • Confirm your selection by clicking "Confirm selected codes".

  • If you do not want to confirm certain publications and also don't want them to show up again on this page, you can select them and click "Dismiss selected codes".

  • The confirmed publications will appear within three hours in your academic report.

Confirm organisational codes from item view
  • Login to the Research Collection with your ETH user account.

  • Search the publication you want to confirm (by title, author, publication date etc.)

  • Click on the Confirm organisational code link next to the unit you want to confirm.

If the unit you are looking to confirm is not yet mentioned in the item, you will need to add it, see Add organisational codes.

  • The confirmed publications will appear within the next three hours in your academic report.

Undo confirmation


If you do not want to display an already confirmed publication in your AAA report, you can undo the confirmation by clicking on the corresponding link.

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