As the app developer, your app must be associated with a publisher profile before it can be submitted for ARB review. You can either assign an existing publisher profile to your app or have created a profile for yourself.

1. Click the Manage My Apps tab, then find the title of the app with which you want to associate a publisher profile.
2. Click Change Publisher.
3. When the Assign Publisher Profile box appears, choose the appropriate radio button:
   • My Publisher Profile

   This allows you to select the publisher profile you created on the Manage My Publisher Profile tab. (See Figure 3.)

   
   Figure 3. Assigning the publisher profile
   • Name

   This field is where you type in the username associated with an existing publisher profile. (See Figure 3.)

   When you enter the username for a valid publisher profile, the person associated with that profile will see the app available for publishing on their Manage My Apps tab. The publisher can then carry out the appropriate publishing tasks and actions based on the app status.

   Only the developer can change the publisher profile assigned to an app. If the developer delegates another person or organization to be the publisher, an app listing in the Manage My Apps tab displays the different usernames for those roles, with the publisher capabilities for that app listed under Publisher.

   NOTE: If the username that you enter in the Assign Publisher Profile box is not associated with a valid publisher profile for your organization, your organization will not be able to submit the app to the ARB for review until you have assigned a valid publisher profile.

4. Click Assign Publisher. (See Figure 3.)

   Although the app is assigned a publisher, the package status is not displayed yet. The first status state is displayed when the app is assigned to an exchange. If you are both the developer and the publisher, an app listing on the Manage My Apps tab displays your username as associated with both of those roles and capabilities. (See Figure 4.)

   WARNING: Once your app is submitted for review, the Change Publisher functionality is locked and the Publisher information cannot be changed or edited.

   
   Figure 4. Property Management II app with publisher assigned
5. If you have assigned the app to a publisher who is not yourself, notify the publisher about the assignment.

   Ask the person to look at the app in their list of apps on the Manage My Apps tab.