Forum Discussion
Worksheets no longer remain exclusive if user steps away and PC goes to sleep
We have a document on a shared file that when "user 1" opens it, no one else can. However it appears that for some users this "exclusiveness" goes away after a period of time and someone else can op...
Hi wfantozzi
Will need to clarify a couple of things.
Where is the file stored? E.g. is it on a file drive (x:) or is it in OneDrive/SharePoint?
I am also curious if you want co-authoring access or if the 1 user at a time approach is the desired method.
I suspect when the laptop goes to sleep, the connection to the file is severed and the file is eventually unlocked.
Cheers
Damien
The file is on a file shared drive; We have been using the one user at a time approach. I am a bit uncomfortable with the coauthoring approach as I am unfamiliar with how it works. We are using this file to assign blend id codes for our wine lots so it is important not to have duplicates.