Locking an Item

Purpose

Lock an item in a stream when you want to prevent changes to that item from being delivered to the stream.

PRIVILEGES  
Item Lock/Unlock to lock and unlock items
Item Break Lock to unlock an item locked by another user

NOTE  You can only lock items in a stream.

To lock items:

  1. On the My Current Project tab or Items tab, select one or more item revisions.

  2. Click the Lock button.

  3. In the Lock Ownership dialog box, verify that you have selected the correct item revision(s), click Yes.

The Name column in the Items list now contains a lock icon.

To unlock items:

  1. On the My Current Project tab or Items tab, select one or more locked item revisions.

  2. Click the Lock button.

  3. In the Unlock Ownership dialog box, verify that you have selected the correct item revision(s), and click Yes.

The lock icon disappears from the Name column in the Items list.

Related Topics

Selecting Items

Lock Ownership Dialog Box

Unlock Ownership Dialog Box