Check out objects

To make changes to an object, you must check out the object. Then, you can modify the object and save private versions of it before checking the object in for other users to use. You can select more than one object for checking out at the same time.

The Galaxy marks the objects as checked out to you and it updates the object’s Change Log that you can view in the Properties dialog box. A check mark is shown next to an object’s icon in the IDE. No one else can check out the object until you check it back in or until you perform an Undo Checkout operation. However, others can open the object for read-only viewing.

To find objects that have been checked out, use the Find dialog box.

To check objects out

1. In the Template folder or Application views, select the objects you want to work with.

2. Do one of the following:

   • To check out the object without opening the Object Editor, on the Home ribbon, select Check-in, then select Check Out.

   • To check out and edit the object, open it in the Object Editor. An object is automatically checked out to you when you open its editor.