TIBCO MDM Customization Guide - TIBCO Product Documentation

108 Chapter 4 Customizing Inbox|Enabling and Configuring Work Item LockingEnabling Work Item LockingTo enable work item locking, set the InitialConfig > Workflow Settings > EnableWork Item Locking property in Configurator to true. The default is false.You can also enable automatic locking of work items when they are opened fromthe UI. To enable automatic locking, set the InitialConfig > Workflow Settings >Enable Automatic Work Item Locking property in Configurator to true. Thedefault is false.This property is set to true to instruct the application to lock the work item whenthe user opens the work item using the UI. It has not impact on web services.Configuring Work Item LockingUsing the Configurator, you can configure the following properties related towork item locking:• Default Work Item Lock Expiry Method — Valid values are None andRelative. None indicates that the lock never expires. Relative indicates thatthe locks expire after a specified interval. None is the default.• Default Work Item Lock Interval — Indicates the default work item lockinterval in seconds. This is relevant only if Default Work Item Lock ExpiryMethod is Relative.• Enable Release of Work Item Lock on Timeout — On timeout of work items,the lock of a work item is released by default. To disable it, set theInitialConfig > Workflow Settings > Enable Release of work Item Lock onTimeout property in Configurator to false. The default is true.TIBCO MDM Customization Guide