Locks
PPM Administrator allows you to view objects locked within PPM products.
Objects are data items to which access control is granted. These objects are created and maintained within a supported application. For example, an object may be a project, a code file, or a menu item. You can view a list of objects that are currently opened from within PPM Administrator, and remove a lock on an object when necessary.
When a user opens a file, a lock is generated. Depending on how the file was opened, the lock can be a shared lock (which means others can also open the project) or the lock can be exclusive (which means no one else can open or edit that file while it is locked).
Locks prevent two different user actions from conflicting. For example, if one user begin editing a control account, another user cannot edit the same control account (either manually or via a process such as recalculate) until the lock on the control account is cleared. This is very important for the log that tracks changes to the baseline.
On occasion, if connection to the database is lost, a lock will remain open. You can remove these invalid locks from the Locks form. You should confirm with the users that they are not using the object before removing the lock.