Lock an item

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You can use the lock function in the Test Data Management to indicate that an item is in use. If you mark an item as locked, it is not editable in the WEB UI. Furthermore, the Standard Module doesn't include the item in the test run unless it is marked as locked by the Standard Module itself.

Mark an item as locked

To mark an item as locked, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Test Data Management.

2. Hover over the item row that you want to mark as locked.

3. Click the light blue lock icon . This icon turns dark blue and the item row is marked as locked.

To mark all items as locked, click the blue lock icon in the row header, then click Lock all in the popup window.

Unlock an item

To unlock an item, follow the steps below:

1. Open Test Data Management.

2. Hover over the row of the item that you want to unlock.

3. Click the blue lock icon . The Confirm unlock popup window appears.

4. Click Unlock to unlock the item.

To unlock all items, click the blue lock icon in the row header, then click Unlock all in the popup window.

As a result, the selected items are editable in Web UI and the Standard Module can use them.