Checking Out Objects

When you check out an object, either explicitly or implicitly, Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub creates a new version of it.

• When you click Update to work on properties of an object definition or instance, Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub checks the object out.
• When you explicitly check out an object definition, Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub checks it out.
• When you explicitly check out an object definition through an instance of it, Oracle LSH implicitly checks out the instance and points it to the new version of the definition.
• When you create a new object definition or instance, Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub creates it as checked out by you, including when you choose to copy the definition and check it out (see Checking Out an Object Definition through an Instance.

While an object is checked out, only the person who initiated the checkout, either explicit or implicit, can modify the object , check it in, or uncheck it. That person can save changes multiple times. The exception is Report Sets, which allow multiple people to work on different sections at the same time.

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If another user has already checked out an object definition, you cannot check out the object. However, you can copy the definition and modify the copy.

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People with Checkin Administrator privileges can check in objects checked out by others.

• Checking Out an Object Definition through an Instance
  When you check out an object definition through an instance of it, you have the option to modify the definition in its current Domain or Application Area (if you have the required privileges) or to create a copy of the definition in the current Application Area, where you can modify it as necessary.
• Checking Out an Object Definition Directly
  To explicitly check out an object definition directly in its Domain or Application Area, do the following:
• Checking Out an Old Version of an Object Definition
  From the object definition's Version History page: