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Creating new version and performing a Check-In

  1. In the Project tree, select the component for editing.

    Figure: Working method Create new Version and Check-In

  2. In the Home tab in the menu bar, select the Create new version button.

    Info

    If you have not made any changes, a message appears stating that no differences were found during the comparison. In this case, versioning is only possible if you select the Version without difference button in the Extras tab in the menu bar.

  3. If changes are detected during comparison, the Create new version dialog opens. To review the differences, use the Difference tree within the dialog, or navigate between them using the Next and Previous buttons.

  4. Enter the changes and comments for your new version under Add comments.

Scenario A: You have a connection to the server

  1. In the Create new version dialog, click on the Create version and Check-In button.
    The Check-In process is completed automatically, without requiring any further action from you.

Scenario B: You have no connection to the server

  1. In the Create new version dialog, click on the Create local version button.
  2. The new version is created locally. As you have no connection to the server, a Check-In is currently not possible.

Info

You can create multiple versions locally without checking them in.

When you have a connection to the server:

  1. Select the component with the newly created version in the Project tree.
  2. Click on the Check-In button in the Home tab.
    The Check-In dialog opens with the preselected component.
  3. Click on Check-In.

After the Check-In is complete, a pop-up confirms the successful completion.

Figure: Pop-Up Check-In successful

The display of the pop-up can be configured in the Client settings dialog.

FAQ

Error message during Check-In

If an error message according to the scheme [Name: GetDiskFreeSpaceEx] [Info:{directory}][NOTE:Access denied] occurs during Check-In, contact your system administrator to check whether you have write access to the vdServerArchive folder or to the remote share.

Can the duration of the versioning process be shortened? If so, how?

ZIP archives are created during versioning.

Versioning takes slightly less time if a lower compression factor is selected.

Please note that more storage space is required if you set a compression factor.

Results of the test series:

Amount of data [MB] Compression factor Duration of creating a new version [s]
1000 0 125
1000 9 151
2000 0 242
2000 9 318
3000 0 300
3000 9 488

The compression factor is defined via the component type. To change the compression factor for a component type, proceed as follows:

  1. Start the AdminClient.
  2. Open the Component type editor module.
  3. Select a component type in the Component type library.
  4. Go to the Settings for saving area.
  5. Select the desired value from the dropdown menu under Compression factor.