Record Locking

Records that the user has open for editing are exclusively locked for five minute intervals. If the user terminates their session by closing the page, the lock is automatically removed once the five minutes has elapsed. This frees up records where editing has been abandoned due to the session terminating before the record is saved or exited (any changes made during that edit session would have been discarded).

In some cases, the user may have the chance of saving the record before the locks are released and data is lost, in which case a warning message is presented, prompting the user to save their work.