Concurrency Control of a Process Flow

From Designer, you can save process flows in the Repository, check process flows in and out, and publish process flows to Service Manager servers.

Process flows in the repository are read-only until they are checked out. When a flow is checked out, other users cannot modify the process flow.

In order to make your changes available to others and to enable them to make changes, you must check the flow back in.

Note: Because Power Users can easily break check-out locks (see Managing a Repository), concurrency control is most effective for competing users who are not Power Users.

Procedure: How to Check Out a Process Flow

To check a process flow out of the repository:

In the Navigator pane, right-click the process flow you want to work with.
From the drop-down list, choose Check Out.
A key appears next to the name of the process flow in the Navigator pane, as shown in the following image, to indicate that the project is checked out and cannot be accessed by another user.

Procedure: How to Check In a Process Flow

To check a process flow into a repository:

In the Navigator pane, right-click the process flow you want to check in.
From the drop-down list, choose Check In.
A Process icon appears next to the name of the process flow in the Navigator pane, as shown in the following image, to indicate the project is checked into the repository.

Procedure: How to Save a Process Flow

To save a process flow:

In the Navigator pane, right-click the process flow you want to save.
Choose Save from the drop-down list.

The process flow is now saved in the repository.

Note: The first time a flow is saved, it is checked into the repository and becomes read-only. You must check the file out again to work with it.

Procedure: How to Copy a Process Flow

You may want to duplicate a process flow for use in another project or use it as a template for a new process flow in your current project. To copy a process flow:

In the Navigator pane, right-click the process flow you want to copy.
From the drop-down list, select Copy.
Under the project you want to copy the process flow to, right-click the Processes node and select Paste from the drop-down list.
The process flow appears under the Processes node.
Rename the copy of the process flow with an appropriate name.