EADocX Document Management in Project with Security Enabled

[David Forfia]

I have a multiuser eapx Project file which has Security Enabled.

EADocX 5.0.5.3 throws an exception that says “ELEMENT LOCKED” if the Document Management Package (or parent hierarchy) has a User Lock applied or is not locked.

Is there a guide to using EADocX DM with a Security Enabled project?

Thanks.

David

[Ian Mitchell]

Ok – you lost me at ‘multi-user EAPX’ : this isn’t supported by Sparx, or by us, so sadly you’re on your own. Yes, I know it works – mostly – but these locking issues are what makes it an un-supported configuration.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 4 months ago by Ian Mitchell.

[David Forfia]

Ian,

I’ll try to be more specific as the issue isn’t the database type.

I have a multi-user project using a SQL back end.

Sparx Security is enabled. User Logins linked to AD accounts.

Multiple Root packages in the project supporting multiple capital project with a shared core architectural base.

Document Management is enabled.

Documents are stored external to Sparx using a UNC path.

EADocX Documents in a separate Root project with Documents and People packages contained in the Root.

For EADocX to work, it appears to require a lock at the Documents package level. This limits the project to one user running an EADocX document generation at a time.

Is this the expected behavior? Is there a better practice for using DM on projects which have Sparx security enabled?

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