How do I check out assets?

12 How do I check out assets?

For information about how to manually check out an asset displayed in Form View and Web View, see the following sections:

Note:

If the asset is checked out to another user, when you try to edit the asset or check the asset out, you receive an error message.

How do I check out an asset in Form View?

To check out an asset in form View:

From the Contributor interface, select the site containing the asset you want to check out.
Find the asset you want to check out. For instructions on finding assets, see Finding and Organizing Assets.

A tab opens displaying the results of your search.
In the search results list, click the name of the asset you want to check out.

A tab opens displaying the Inspect view of the asset (in either Form View or Web View).
If the asset opens in Web View, click the Mode switch on the asset's toolbar to switch to Form View.
In the asset's toolbar, click the Check Out icon.

WebCenter Sites checks the asset out to you.

How do I check out an asset in Web View?

When you check out an asset while it is displayed in Web View, you also see revision tracking details for all of its associated assets.

From the Contributor interface, select the site containing the asset you want to check out.
Find the asset you want to check out.

A tab opens displaying the results of your search.
In the search results list, click the name of the asset you want to check out.

A tab opens displaying the Inspect view of the asset (in either Form View or Web View).
If the asset opens in Form View, click the Mode switch on the asset's toolbar to switch to Web View.
In the asset's toolbar, click the Checkin/Checkout icon.

The tab displays the Asset to be checked in table. This table contains revision tracking details about the primary asset (asset you opened in Web View) and all of its associated assets (assets displayed in the primary asset's web page view).

The revision tracking action (if any) you can perform on these assets is indicated in the Action column of the asset's row.

Note:

If the asset is not revision tracked, then the Action column for that asset's row is empty and the Detail column for that asset's row displays the message Not Tracked.
In the table, select (Ctrl+click) the assets you want to check out and then click the Checkout button. You can also check assets out one at a time by clicking the Checkout link in the Action column of the asset's row.

WebCenter Sites checks the assets out to you.