Unlock project components

When you open a project 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 project 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 project component, you can unlock it.

Restrictions

  • A content owner or administrator can set permissions to deny access to components or project folders. If your permissions to content have been blocked and you are not an administrator, you cannot use the Unlock option in a project.
  • 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 from the Content pane in a project.

    If the component has pending changes, you cannot save them first from a project. Unlocking the component causes any unsubmitted changes to be lost.

    If the component has pending changes, you can go to the Components browser and choose to do one of the following:

    • Submit the changes which results in an unlocked component

    • Unlock the component and loose the pending changes

    • Cancel the request to unlock the component

    Follow the steps in: Unlock and submit a component.

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

    If the component has pending changes, you cannot save them first from a project. Unlocking the component causes any unsubmitted changes to be lost.

    If the component has pending changes, you can go to the Components browser and choose to do one of the following:

    • Submit the changes which results in an unlocked component
    • Unlock the component and loose the pending changes
    • Cancel the request to unlock the component

    Follow the steps in: Unlock and submit a component.

  • 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 from a project.
    • If the component has pending changes, you cannot save them first from a project or the Components browser. 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 from a project.
    • If the component has pending changes, you cannot save them first froma a project or the Components browser. Unlocking the component causes any unsubmitted changes to be lost.