You can lock the content of groups to prevent editing, for example, to perform a review. As long as the lock is enabled, only the user who applied it can edit the locked items.
Prerequisite
The models must be closed.
You have the Lock permanently function privilege or are a system user.
Procedure
Click ARIS > Explorer. The Explorer tab opens.
Open the relevant database.
In the Models or Objects details view, select the groups whose contents you want to lock.
Right-click in the selection.
Click Lock/Unlock> Lock. The Lock groups dialog opens and can be used to select additional groups for locking.
Add further groups, if necessary.
If you want to include the content of subgroups within the selected groups, enable the Include subgroups check box.
If you want to lock the models in the groups, enable the Lock models check box.
If you want to lock the objects contained in the models in addition to the model groups themselves, enable the Include objects check box.
If you want to lock the objects contained in the groups independently of the selected models, enable the Lock objects check box.
Click OK. The dialog closes and the system checks whether the selected items can be locked.
When the lock is set, you will receive a corresponding message. If items cannot be locked due to the restrictions, you are notified and you can use the Lock items dialog to display the items that could not be locked.
The locked items remain locked until you or a system user unlocks them.