Simultaneous Editing

Omeka S
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Hi,

what happens if two users edit the same item at the same time? Will the second user overwrite the changes the first user made? Or will she get a warning that the item has changed while editing?

Thanks,
Martin

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I tried to test it. What I’ve done is this:

  • User A opens item 1 and edits it (but doesn’t save it)
  • User B opens item 1 and edits it (but doesn’t save it)
  • User A saves item 1
  • User B saves item 1

I think the changes of user A are overwritten by the changes of User B without any warning. So, the second save overwrites the first. Can someone confirm that that’s what happens?

We have about a dozen cooperation partners working on a common database. It might be a deal breaker if Omeka S behaves as described.

At the moment we are using Collective Access and are thinking about migrating the database to Omeka S. We are using the software for quite a lot of data entry. In Collective Access user B gets a message when saving that the data has changed since opening the item. That isn’t ideal either but I think it doesn’t happen very often that two people change the same item so that works for us.

Is there any way to get that behavior in Omeka S? Any other recommendation for mitigating that problem?

Thanks,
Martin

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Omeka S is a core with modules, so often the answer is: “there is a module”. Here, the module is Lock Edit.

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Thank you! That’s very helpful.