Unlock and submit a component

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 close the component without clicking Save and Submit, the component remains locked. Now, administrators can unlock a component and choose to save the changes.

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.
  • The option to submit changes is only available in the Components browser in the following places:
    • Options menu
    • Right-click menu
  • You cannot submit the changes before unlocking components from the Selected Components panel in the Components browser.
  • You cannot submit the changes before unlocking components from the Content pane in a project.

Rules for submitting locked content:

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

    If the component has pending changes, you can choose to save them.

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

    If the component has pending changes, you can choose to save them.

  • If a component is locked with a system 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.
  • 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 submit changes and unlock a component from the components browser:

  1. Click Components.
  2. In the Folders pane, navigate to the folder that contains the file you want to unlock.
  3. Select a component with a user lock (, ).
  4. Right-click the component, select Actions, and then select Unlock.
  5. On the Unlock Component screen, do one of the following:

    • To save the changes which results in an unlocked component, click Submit.

      You may see a prompt to add a check-in comment. When you're working in the Oxygen-based editor, if you use Save and Submit to upload your changes to the Inspire database, you may be prompted to enter a check-in comment before the editor closes. You only see the Component Comment screen if an administrator turns on an optional feature.

      The comment is optional and can be left blank.

      • If no comment is entered and the user selects Save or Cancel, only the changes to the component are saved and the Oxygen editor closes.
      • If a comment is entered and the user selects Save, both the changes to the component and the comment are saved. The comment can be seen in a Comments column in the following places: Components browser (hidden by default), Component's History record, Changesets tab.

      If you can Edit References In Place, and you make changes only to an expanded reference, then your comment will appear only in that edited component's History record.

    • To unlock the component and loose the pending changes, click Unlock.
    • To close the screen and cancel the request to unlock the component, click Cancel.

    Results:

    • If you clicked Submit, any changes made while the component was locked are saved and the component you selected is now unlocked .