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Locking a Project in the Local Repository

You can lock a project in the local repository without checking it out from the server repository. This is useful in the following situations:

• You must test a configuration on your local computer but you must not prevent other developers from checking out this project from the server repository.
• You will discard your work when you are done. In this situation, it is not necessary for you to check in an object that you modify.

If you lock a project in the local repository, then consider the following:

• You cannot check in a project or object that is locked in the local repository.
• To check a project into the server repository, you must first check out this project only from the server repository.
• If you lock a project locally, and if you get or check out this project, then Siebel CRM overwrites this project and all objects that reference this project.

To lock a project in the local repository

1. Log in to Siebel Tools, connected to the local repository.
2. Do one of the following:
   • To lock a project from an object:
     • Locate an object. For more information, see Locating and Modifying an Object Definition in the Object List Editor.
     • Right-click the object, and then click Lock Project.
   • To lock a project from the Projects list:
     • In the Object Explorer, click Project.
     • In the Projects list, locate the project you must lock.
     • Make sure the Locked property contains a check mark.

       After you lock a project, you can edit all objects that reference this project.