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The Multi-User Editing Control Panel

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Note: Multi-User Editing must be enabled at the company level prior to use. If you’re interested in utilizing this feature, please contact your FocusVision representative to get set up.

When Multi-User Editing is enabled for a survey, anyone with edit access for that survey will be able to view its Multi-User Editing control panel. From here, users can view the current status of all the content blocks assigned for Multi-User Editing within the survey and manage the changes they have made to their own blocks.

1:  Accessing the Control Panel

You can access the Multi-User Editing control panel directly from the navigation menu at the top of any survey page. Click “More Tools” under “Build” and select “Multi-User Editing”.

2:  Viewing Block Options

The Multi-User Editing control panel contains the following tools and information for every survey block that has been assigned for Multi-User Editing:

de_the_multi-user_editing_control_panel_001.png1. Block info:  Hover over the exclamation point to view the current lock status for the main survey.

  • Unlocked:  If all survey blocks are listed as “AVAILABLE”, the main survey is unlocked and open for editing.
  • Locked:  If one or more survey blocks are “CHECKED OUT”, the main survey is locked for editing until all survey blocks have been checked back in and have a status of “AVAILABLE”.

2. Label:  The label for the survey block, as it appears in the Survey Editor and XML.

3. Title:  The title of the survey block, as it appears in the Survey Editor and XML.

4. Status:  The current Multi-User Editing status for the survey block. Can be one of the following:

  • AVAILABLE:  The survey block has either not yet been checked out, or it has been checked back in, or it has had all of its changes abandoned.
  • CHECKED OUT:  The survey block has been checked out.

5. Editor:  The name or email address of the user who has checked out the survey block.

6. Last Modified Date:  A timestamp of when the survey block was last edited.

7. Updates:  The current status of any changes made to the survey block. Can be one of the following:

  • Yes: There are pending updates that have not yet been synced with the main survey.
  • No: The are no pending updates. The block is currently in sync with the main survey.

8. Actions:  All options available for managing the survey block.

  • Check-out: Check out the block for editing.
  • Edit Block: Edit the block or ask to take over editing for the block from the user who has checked it out.
  • Sync with Main Survey: Sync the block with the main survey to update it with any changes made to the main survey since you checked it out.
  • Abandon changes: Undo any changes you have made to the block and check it back into the main survey.
  • Check Back In: Check the block back into the main survey.