When multiple users access and modify artifacts in concurrent
sessions, users must be aware of potentially unexpected results. Users
should refresh views and artifacts often if other users are making
changes to folders and artifacts. Users should save artifacts often
while editing in a multiuser environment.
Here are some examples of situations that might occur
with multiple users accessing the same resources:
You are editing
an artifact that is also being edited by another user. Two things
can happen:
- If you have not yet edited the artifact, but the artifact has
changed since you've last opened or refreshed it, the refresh icon
in the artifact header turns green. (Note that updates checks occur
every 7 minutes, but you can force a check by switching to another
tab and then returning to the artifact). If you click Refresh, you
will see the updated version of the artifact.
- If you do have pending changes to the artifact, and the artifact
has changed since you opened it, a prompt appears that tells you that
the artifact cannot be saved because someone else has modified it
. You are then given three options:
- Discard and lose your changes
- Override the changes made by the other user
- Manually merge your changes
If you choose to manually merge your changes, an editor shows
the current saved version of the artifact (on the left, in read-only
mode) and your unsaved version of the artifact. You can copy changes
from the left editor to the right editor; the version on the right
is what will be saved. Note that even if you override the version
saved by the other user, that version can still be viewed in the artifact history.