Multiuser scenarios

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.

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