Protecting and unprotecting a study or study object

You are not prompted or required to save after you protect or unprotect a study object. Protecting and unprotecting does not change the study object.

In the Project Explorer, right-click a study or study object and select Protect.
If the study object or any of its children are shared within the current study, the Protect dialog box appears. The Protect dialog box displays the shared objects, parent study objects, and the type of study object.

Note: The Protect dialog box does not appear if you protect an entire study.
Click Yes to proceed.
The selected study or study object and all of its children are protected.

The icons to the left of the study or study object and all of its children change to reflect a protected state.

Study objects that came from a library are also protected.

Note: After you protect a study object, you cannot undo, but you can unprotect the study object.

In the Project Explorer, right-click a study or study object and select Unprotect.
If the study object is shared within the current study, the Unprotect dialog box appears. The Unprotect dialog box displays the shared object, parent study objects, and the type of study object.
Click Yes to proceed.
The selected study or study object is unprotected, and all of its children remain protected.

The icon to the left of the study or study object changes to reflect an unprotected state.

In the Project Explorer, right-click a study or study object and select Unprotect with Children.
Note: Unprotect with Children is available only if the selected study object has children.

If the study object or any of its children are shared within the current study, the Unprotect dialog box appears. The Unprotect dialog box displays the shared objects, parent study objects, and the type of study object.

Note: The Unprotect dialog box does not appear if you unprotect an entire study with children.
Click Yes to proceed.
The way that children are unprotected depends upon the location in which you are working.
- In a study:
  - If the study object that you are unprotecting with children was copied from a library, the study object and all of its children are unprotected as long as you have the Unprotect study objects from libraries right.
  - If the study object that you are unprotecting with children was created in the study and you copied one or more of its children from a library, the study object is unprotected, but any children copied from the library are not unprotected. You can unprotect them individually if you have the Unprotect study objects from libraries right.
- In a library:
  - The study object and all of its children are unprotected, regardless of whether or not any of the children were copied from a library or study as long as you have the Unprotect study objects in libraries right. If you do not have this right, the parent and children remain protected.
The icons to the left of the study or study object and all of its children change to reflect an unprotected state.