Manage ownership of requests

You can delegate, request, or lock the ownership of Dimensions CM requests. To change the ownership, requests must be owned by a Dimensions CM site.

For details about request replication, see Administration.

Delegate ownership

You can delegate the ownership of a Dimensions CM request to another Dimensions CM site to be able to update the request.

When you delegate a Dimensions CM request, the ownership is assigned during the next replication run that includes your site.

PRIVILEGES: Perform replication operations.

Replication must be enabled for your site in the Administration Console > Distributed Development > Network Administration.

To delegate ownership of requests:

  1. In the desktop client, open a list of requests and select one or more requests. For details, see Select requests.

  2. Select Request > Replication > Delegate Ownership. The Delegate Ownership dialog box opens.

  3. In the Delegate Owning Site list, select the site to which you want to delegate ownership of the requests.

  4. Click OK.

To cancel the delegation of ownership:

  1. In the desktop client, open a list of requests and select one or more requests. For details, see Select requests.

  2. Select Request > Replication > Cancel Ownership Delegation.

  3. In the Cancel Delegation dialog box, click OK.

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Request ownership

You can request the ownership of a Dimensions CM request for your own site if you need to update the request.

When you request ownership, its is assigned during the next replication that includes your site.

PRIVILEGES: Update Request.

Replication must be enabled for your site in the Administration Console > Distributed Development > Network Administration.

To request the ownership of requests:

  1. In the desktop client, open a list of requests. For example, in the My Current Project/Stream pane, expand the Inbox node and select Requests.

  2. In a request list, select one or more requests.

  3. Select Request > Replication > Take Ownership.

  4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

To cancel the ownership:

  1. In the desktop client, open a list of requests. For example, in the My Current Project/Stream pane, expand the Inbox node and select Requests.

  2. In a request list, select one or more requests.

  3. Select Request > Replication > Cancel Ownership.

  4. In the dialog box that opens, click OK.

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Lock ownership

Lock the ownership of Dimensions CM requests to prevent them from being requested by other Dimensions CM sites. Unlock requests to cancel the ownership lock.

PRIVILEGES: Perform Replication Operations.

To lock the ownership of requests:

  1. In the desktop client, open a list of requests and select one or more requests. For details, see Select requests.

  2. In the menu bar, select Request > Replication > Lock Ownership.

  3. In the Lock Ownership dialog box, click OK.

To unlock the ownership of requests:

  1. In the desktop client, open a list of requests and select one or more requests. For details, see Select requests.

  2. In the menu bar, select Request Replication > Unlock Ownership.

  3. In the Cancel Lock dialog box, click OK.

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