Chapter 8 Managing document versions in the repository

Managing locks

A lock is a temporary protection set on a document version by a user with the Lock Versions right.

You lock a version when you want to prevent other users from updating the version with a consolidation. The user who sets a lock on a version or who has the Full permission on the document is allowed to consolidate this document; if another user tries to consolidate a locked document, a message box appears to warn him that the document version is locked.

Working with locks

There are two methods for working with locks:

You are working in a design team and you have the Lock Versions right. You set locks at extraction time, when you need to protect a document version that you will modify on your local machine. You then release the lock at consolidation time, when you no longer need the version to be protected.
You are managing a design team, and need to set locks on a global design project, you can set a lock on a single version, and you can also set locks on multiple document versions, on a configuration, or on related models

Locked documents appear with a lock icon in the repository browser:

Lock icon	Description
	Blue icon if the connected user has set the lock
	Red icon if the connected user has not set the lock