IGNORE_PACK_CHANGED

Summary

This attribute defines whether users can Keep or Release work items even if the item’s pack data has changed since they opened it.

Applies to

This attribute can be set for the WIS process (only).

Permissible Values

The attribute must be assigned one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
0	Pack data changes lock work items. A user cannot Keep or Release a work item that has had its pack data updated since the user opened it.
1	Pack data changes are ignored. A user may Keep or Release a work item that has had its pack data updated since the user opened it. If any of the user’s changes to the work item conflict with the changed pack data, the user’s changes overwrite them.

Default Value

This attribute is not defined on a newly installed iProcess Engine node. In this case, the default value is:

Machine ID	Process	Instance	Value
0	WIS	0	0

This attribute only appears in the output of the SHOW_ALL_ATTRIBUTES command if you have explicitly assigned a value to it using the SET_ATTRIBUTE command. The default setting is not displayed.

Notes

In earlier iProcess Engine versions, if pack data is updated for a work item while a user has that work item open (for example, via a swutil EVENT -p command, which is under the SWDIR\bin directory), the WIS process locks the work item and does not allow the user to Keep or Release it. The following error is displayed to the user when they try to Keep or Release the work item:

Error case data updated elsewhere since item opened. Please open item and edit it again.

Setting IGNORE_PACK_CHANGED to 1 allows users to Keep or Release work items even if the item’s pack data has changed since they opened it.

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