Unlock multiple components from the Components browser

When you open a component for editing, Inspire locks the file so that other users can't open it and edit it at the same time. If you make changes and only click Save to keep the changes locally, the component remains locked. The lock only comes off if you click Save and Submit to upload the changes to the Inspire database. To allow another user to edit a component, you can unlock it. In some cases, you can choose to save the pending changes before unlocking the component.

Restrictions

  • A content owner or administrator can set permissions to deny access to components or folders. If your permissions to content have been blocked and you are not an administrator, you cannot use the Unlock option.
  • You cannot submit the changes before unlocking components from the Selected Components panel in the Components browser.

Rules for unlocking content:

  • If you have locked the component, you may unlock it.

    If the user made changes and didn't click Save and Submit, you cannot save the changes from the Selected Components panel.

    If you want to save the changes before unlocking, you must go to the Components browser and unlock each component with pending changes one at a time. Follow the steps in Unlock one component from the Components browser.

  • If a component is locked by someone else and you are either an Administrator you can unlock it.

    If the user made changes and didn't click Save and Submit, you cannot save the changes from the Selected Components panel.

    If you want to save the changes before unlocking, you must go to the Components browser and unlock each component with pending changes one at a time. Follow the steps in Unlock one component from the Components browser.

  • If a component is locked with a system lock and you are an Administrator or have been added to the can_unlock_system module property, you can unlock it.
    • If the component has pending changes, you cannot save them first. Unlocking the component causes any unsubmitted changes to be lost.
  • If a component is locked with an approval lock and you are either an Administrator or have been added to the can_unlock_system module property, you can unlock it.
    • If the component has pending changes, you cannot save them first. Unlocking the component causes any unsubmitted changes to be lost.

To unlock multiple components from the Components browser:

  1. Click Components.
  2. In the Folders pane, navigate to the folder that contains the components you want to unlock.
  3. Select the components with a lock (, , , ) that you want to unlock.
  4. In the Selected Components pane, click the Unlock icon .

    If the user made changes and didn't click Save and Submit, and the lock is a user lock (, ), you cannot save the changes here on the Selected Components panel. If you want to save the changes before unlocking, you must unlock each component with pending changes one at a time.

    If the user made changes and didn't click Save and Submit, and the lock is a system lock or an approval lock, you see the following Unlock Component screen:

    • You are allowed to unlock this component with a system lock because you have special permission.
    • It is not recommended to unlock system components.
      • Use unapprove to remove an approval lock.
      • Complete or cancel a translation job to remove a translation lock.
      • Complete or cancel review to remove a review lock.
    • If you unlock this component you risk losing changes.

    To unlock the components and lose all changes made while the components were locked, click Yes to the warning.

    Results:

    • Any changes made while the components were locked are lost.
    • The components you selected is now unlocked .

    If there are no pending changes, the components are unlocked and you see an open lock.