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   <Header>
      <Title>Parallel Development</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e252617">
         <Level1>Parallel Development</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Parallel development enables multiple users to propose changes
		to the same document simultaneously. Each organization can decide whether or
		not to enable parallel development in Object Data Management.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Parallel development operates as follows in ODM:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>More than one revision with the In Design status can exist in
		  parallel.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>From the moment a new revision is created (by revising released
		  revision), all other users who created the new revision will be notified of the
		  creation of additional revision by e-mail.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>If two new revisions are derived from the same released
		  document revision (by revising) and in those two revisions, one revision is
		  released and the other new revision is submitted, the user is asked to merge
		  the changes manually with the already released document revision and then asked
		  to perform the submit operation or directly submit the revision without merging
		  the changes.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>At any point in time, only one document revision can be
		  released. If any approved document revision is released, and if any released
		  document revisions already exist, the existing document revisions will be
		  expired.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>If parallel development is not enabled, then while one user is
		revising a document revision, no other user can revise that document revision,
		or any other revision of that document.</Paragraph>
      <Paragraph>The system administrator must set the parameter that controls
		whether or not parallel development is permitted. The default is to enable
		parallel development in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0100m000" role="session">Common ODM Parameters (dmsys0100m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>To set the parallel development parameter</SectionTitle>
      <Keyword type="section" order="d1e252644">
         <Level1>Parallel Development</Level1>
         <Level2>set parameter</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>To set the parallel development parameter, take the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Paragraph>On the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Object Data Management</GUIRef> menu,
			 double-click <GUIRef>
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">ODM Configuration</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Common ODM Parameters</GUIRef> &gt;   &gt; <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Common ODM Parameters</GUIRef>
               </GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
            <Figure space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
               <FigIntro>The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0100m000" role="session">Common ODM Parameters (dmsys0100m000)</GUIRef> session appears which includes a list of
				the parameters that are already defined:</FigIntro>
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         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <List>
               <ListIntro>Enter one of the following in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/dm/sys/dmsys0100m000#dmsys000.valu" role="manual">Value</GUIRef> field of <GUIRef href="" role="manual">ATT-000002</GUIRef>:</ListIntro>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">No</GUIRef>: To prevent parallel
				development</ListItem>
               <ListItem> 
                  <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Yes</GUIRef>: To enable parallel
				development</ListItem>
            </List>
         </ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>