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Lock

Features

 

The Lock feature allows you to lock Items from being edited within a Project, lock the entire project from being edited, and/or lock reports from being generated. The latter two can be manually set here or they can be triggered by Workflow Rules. Each feature has an unlock option. 

 

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Details

 

You must have permissions to lock/unlock Items, Projects, or Project Reports. 

Lock Project

 

This will lock a Project for all edits, i.e. the Project is read-only. This can be set manually here or a lock can be triggered via Workflow Rules.

 

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You'll be prompted to confirm:

 

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Locked Projects display with the following icon in the Project Explorer:

 

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Lock Project Reports

 

This will lock Project Reports and users will not be able to generate reports for the Project.This can be set manually here or a lock can be triggered via Workflow Rules.

 

 

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You'll be prompted to confirm:

 

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Projects with locked Reports display with the following icon in the Project Explorer:

 

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Lock Project Items

 

You may wish to lock certain items within a Project to prevent them from being edited, e.g. installed items.

 

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Select the Products you wish to lock and then click the [Lock] button and select "Lock Items". Click [Yes] on the following prompt:

 

 

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A lock icon will appear in a column within the Project Editor indicating that the items are locked:

 

 

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If you want to unlock items, select them and then click the [Lock] button and select "Unlock Items".

Project Setting

 

There is a Project Setting that will atomically lock items when they are marked as "Installed":

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