User Guide > Studio Resource Management Overview > Working with Resource Locks > Locking and Unlocking a Resource
 
Locking and Unlocking a Resource
You can lock a resource in Studio to prevent other users from changing it. The resource owner or an administrator with the Unlock Resources right must unlock a resource before other users are allowed to save changes that resource. Unlocking a tree of resources also unlocks all objects in that tree.
If the user has the Unlock Resources right, all other locked objects for which the user has the Read privilege are shown and selected for unlocking.
To lock a resource
1. Verify that you are the resource owner.
2. Select one or more resources or containers in the resource tree container, right-click, and select Lock Resource.
To unlock a resource
1. Verify that you are the resource owner or that you have the Unlock Resources right.
2. Save the resource prior to unlocking it.
3. Right-click the locked resource and select Unlock Resource.
All resources that can be unlocked by the current user are shown.