Locking And Unlocking Maps
Locked Maps are Maps that are open on another user's computer or in another browser, or they have been specifically locked by an Administrator. They are marked by a Lock icon (
) in the Status column on the Solution's Maps list. Select the Lock icon () for the locked Map to display the Locked By information in a pop-up dialog. This information includes the user name of the user locking the Map, and the date and time when it was locked.
Locking A Map
When a TIBCO Scribe® Online user opens a Map, the Map is immediately locked, preventing other TIBCO Scribe® Online users from Editing and saving the modified Map. The Map remains locked until the user closes the Map or an Administrator forces the Map to unlock by selecting Unlock from the Gear menu 
. A Map can also be locked deliberately by an Administrator. To lock a Map manually, select it from the Maps list on the Solution Edit page, and select Lock from the Gear menu .
When a Map is locked:
- Edit and Delete operations on the Map are not permitted.
- When locked by another user, the Map cannot be reverted to a prior version.
- Solutions containing locked Maps continue to run correctly.
- A locked Map can be run manually using the Run option on the Map's Gear menu .
- Imported Maps can replace locked Maps.
- If the logged in user is the same as the Locked By user on a Map, the Map can be opened. For example, if you are working on a Map and the browser times out, crashes, or you close it without exiting from the Map, when you return to the Map the Lock icon is displayed. Select the Map name or select Edit from the Gear menu to open it.
- If the logged in user is an Administrator, the Map can be unlocked and then opened. Select Unlock from the Gear menu .
- If the logged in user is different than the Locked By user on a Map, the following warning is displayed when attempting to open the Map, and the user is permitted to open it.
Unlocking A Map
If you only need to view a Map, consider duplicating the locked Map instead of unlocking it. Make sure that the duplicate Map is disabled to prevent it from being processed when the Solution runs. View the copy of the Map and then delete it when you are finished.
Note: Only Administrator Users can unlock any locked Map. All other users can only unlock Maps they have locked.
- In TIBCO Scribe® Online select Solutions from the menu.
- On the Solutions page, select the Solution name to open it.
- Scroll down to the Maps list and locate the locked Map.
- Select the Map and then select Unlock from the Gear menu .
Issues
When you unlock Maps, the following issues should be taken into consideration:
- The user locking the Map is not notified when an Administrator unlocks Maps.
- Any changes you make to the Map may be lost when the original user saves the current version of the Map. TIBCO Scribe® Online retains the last version of the Map saved, regardless of who saves it.
