Setting Version Control preferences

There is a choice of three preferences that affect Check In and Check Out behavior. To view or modify these preferences in Explorer, click Tools → Version Control → Preferences in Explorer. In Control Studio or Recipe Studio, click Preferences (on the Home tab, in the Version Control group). These preferences pertain to all users and applications, other than the User Manager application, that are affected by Version Control. Auto Check Out and In is always enabled when Version Control is used with the User Manager application to create an audit trail for security items.

• Manual or Prompt user for Checkout - Prompts users to check out affected items before changes can be saved and prevents user edits of an item in Control Studio or Recipe Studio unless the user clicks a Check Out command to check out the item. This is the default preference.
• Auto Check Out - Automatically checks out any item that you edit or open. After saving an item, you must also check in the item for the change to be added to the Version Control database.
• Auto Check Out and In - Automatically checks out any item that you edit or open. Automatically checks in items when you close them if they were automatically checked out. The system also automatically checks in displays that were checked out manually.