Protecting Records 

Use

If you have finished editing a record, and want to make sure that it is not inadvertently modified or deleted, either by you or by someone else, you can write-protect it.

MDM highlights protected records in read-only gray in both the Records pane and the Record Detail pane, to indicate that they cannot be edited or deleted. It also displays a lock icon () in the [Protected] column of the Records grid (figure below).

You can still edit the relationships of protected records.

MDM automatically protects checked-out records and unprotects them again when they are checked back in (see Checking Out Records for more information).

Procedure

To protect one or more records from editing or deletion:

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       1.      In the Records pane, select the record(s) you want to protect.

       2.      Right-click on one of the records and choose Protection ® Protect from the context menu, or choose Records ® Protection ® Protect Record from the main menu.

       3.      MDM protects the selected records.

To unprotect one or more records to allow editing or deletion:

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       1.      In the Records pane, select the previously protected record(s) you want to unprotect.

       2.      Right-click on one of the records and choose Protection ® Unprotect from the context menu, or choose Records ® Protection ® Unprotect Recordfrom the main menu.

       3.      MDM unprotects the selected records.