Selecting an edit mode
There are three edit modes available in IBM® Engineering Requirements
Management DOORS®
(DOORS):
exclusive, shareable, and read-only. Your edit mode defines the actions that you can perform in a
module. Depending on the edit mode that a module is opened in, other users may be able to access and
edit the module. You can select the edit mode when you open the module, or you can change the edit
mode after you have opened the module.
Before you begin
You must have modify access to a module to open it in either shareable or exclusive edit mode.
If you open a module by double-clicking it in the database explorer, it is opened in the default edit mode, which is exclusive edit mode. You can change the default edit mode.
When you open a module using the File menu in the database explorer, you can select the edit mode. For example, if you want to open it in exclusive edit mode, click
The edit mode you are currently using is shown on the status bar at the bottom of the module window. .About this task
Edit mode | Description |
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Read-only | You can read (look at) the module, but you cannot edit it. |
Exclusive | You can edit the module, but other users can only read it. |
Shareable | While you are editing one section of the module,
another user can edit another section. To stop other users from editing
the section of the module that you want to edit, you must lock it.
While you have the section locked, other users can only read the data
in it. When you have finished, you unlock the section to allow another
user to edit it. Note: In shareable edit mode, you cannot create top-level
objects in the module. And you cannot create, delete or edit attribute
definitions or attribute types. You can only do these tasks in exclusive
edit mode.
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You must have modify access to a module to open it in either shareable edit mode or exclusive edit mode.