Saving Child Components Without Locking the Parent

This task shows you how to add, move, replace, delete a Part instance under a Product without first having to lock the parent.

1. Using the VPMSettings tool, change the VPMAdmin.CATSetting file and set the declaration parameter CV5EV5_PARENT_LOCK_REQUIRED to:

   • ReferenceAndInstance - When used, both instance and reference of the parent must be locked by current user for add, move (parent reference lock only), replace or delete of a child instance.  This is the same as the default behavior when no parameter is set.

   • ReferenceOnly - When used, only the parent reference must be locked for add, move, replace, or delete of a child.

   • None - When used, neither instance nor reference of the parent has to be locked for add, move or replace. However, for delete, lock on the parent reference will still be required.

   Example:

   VPMSettings --f VPMAdmin --a --n CV5EV5_PARENT_LOCK_REQUIRED -v [ReferenceAndInstance]

   or
VPMSettings --f VPMAdmin --a --n CV5EV5_PARENT_LOCK_REQUIRED -v [ReferenceOnly]

   or
VPMSettings --f VPMAdmin --a --n CV5EV5_PARENT_LOCK_REQUIRED -v [None]

2. Add, move, replace, or delete instance (a Part, a component or a Product) under the unlocked parent product, or under the product locked by other user, either by means of insertion or copy-paste.

3. Save the instance in the ENOVIA database.
   Depending on the specified conditions of the variable and the lock status, the save is performed. If save is unsuccessful, error message is displayed indicating the cause of the failure.

Please refer to the following matrix which describes the menu items enabled (x) for the 3 values of CV5EV5_PARENT_LOCK_REQUIRED and various combinations of parent lock.

IL = Instance Locked by User        RL = Reference Locked by User                                                           
ILO = Instance Locked by Other    RLO = Reference Locked by Other
IU = Instance Unlocked                RU = Reference Unlocked

In Product and Part Editors, you can Add, Replace, Cut, and Delete a descendent instance when the parent instance is locked by another user. By default, the lock on parent instance is ignored.