Opening an Object for Processing (OpenForEdit)

The Web service for editing configuration objects is described in the OpenForEdit of the service interface <Configuration Object Type>In .

With this operation you can read a list of objects and at the same time lock them in the change list.

The following message types are assigned to the operation:

• <Configuration Object Type>OpenForEditRequest

  Based on the data type <Configuration Object Type>DeleteOpenForEditIn.

  Parameters:

  • ChangeListID (the ID of the change list in which the objects the objects are to be locked).

    If you do not update a change list ID then a new change list will be generated.

  • <Configuration Object Type>ID (List of object keys)

• <Configuration Object Type>OpenForEditResponse

  Based on the data type <Configuration Object Type>OpenForEditOut.

  Contains parameters that are displayed when an object is opened/edited.

  The Web service returns the following parameters:

  • List of objects with all attributes.

  • Change list ID.

  • Error Messages