Accessing Object Version Management
To access object version management:
1. Open the HOPEX options dialog box.
To access the options, see Managing Your Options.2. Click Business Process and Architecture Modeling.
3. In the right pane of the window, select the Activate Variations check box.
Creating an Object Version
To create a variation of an object:
1. In the HOPEX navigation window, right-click the object and select New > Version.
Only applications can be versioned.A version creation wizard appears.
By default:
• the version takes the name of the initial object, with a version extension.
• Attributes and diagrams are copied.
For diagrams, the described object is not copied (it is a variation of the described object).2. Click Finish.
The object representing the new version appears in the navigator, under the initial object. A lock appears alongside the initial object.
Operation of versions is based on that of variations, to which is added locking of the initial object.
For more details on variations, see Object Variations.Locking of the object to be versioned should not be confused with that covered in HOPEX Administration - Supervisor in the context of writing accesses.Managing Locks on Parent Objects
After creation of a version, the parent object is locked.
To modify the locked object, you must create a new version.
For more details, see Creating an Object Version.You can however remove this restriction if you are authorized to unlock protected objects.
Unlocking objects
To unlock the parent object that has been versioned:
Right-click the object and select Manage > Unlock Object.This command appears if you are authorized to unlock protected objects.To remove the locks on protected objects:
1. Open the HOPEX options dialog box.
To access the options, see Managing Your Options.2. Click Repository.
3. In the right pane, for Authorize Unlocking of Protected Objects, select "Authorize".
Locking objects
It is recommended that you do not leave an object unlocked when a version of this object has been created.
To lock an unlocked object:
Right-click the object and select Manage > Lock Object.Object locking and unlocking commands only appear in the case of objects that can be versioned.