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Abhijit_Limaye1's avatar
7 months ago

Claiming an item VS locking an item

Hi,

Is there anyway to find out if an item is just Claimed OR whether it is Locked by a user.

Even if an item is claimed, the is_locked becomes True. So it is not possible to differentiate between them.

Regards,

Abhijit

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  • Hi Abhijit,

    The short answer is that “claiming” and “locking” are different terms for the same concept - an item can only be edited by the locked_by_id user on that item. The lock terms in the data model and API are leftovers from earlier naming.

    The longer answer:

    For many years the Innovator UI had separate “edit”, “lock”, “unlock”, and “save and unlock” actions for items. The user experience was simplified in v12 to replace the explicit locking/unlocking with claiming.

    This blog post is old, but the claiming vs. locking explanation still holds true: aras.com/.../aras-innovator-12-ui-updates