When you are ready to begin your edits of multiple objects, you must check out the
images, topics, or maps so that the objects are assigned to you and you can make your
updates.
About this task
There are several conditions to note when using the bulk check out action:
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You cannot check out an object assigned to another user
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Your access rights, branch type, and any related system configurations
influence whether you can check out the selected objects
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You have Content Level Security (CLS) read-write access to that branch
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You cannot bulk check out a topic that is in multiple branches for shared objects prior to
check out
Note: The bulk action banner notifies you of the state of each
object you selected when you expand the banner.
To check out multiple objects:
Procedure
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Select the objects with an
Authoring:work or equivalent status
that you want to check out.
You can use Search or filter objects on the
My Assignments page to help you during object
selection.
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On the bulk action ribbon, select Check out from the
Action dropdown list.
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Expand the bulk action ribbon to review the state of each
object and related manual actions, and then choose one of the following
actions:
Tip: You can use the bulk action basket as a
temporary work space, rather than returning to one of the other views, then
clear it after you have completed all tasks related to that work status. You
can manually move any objects from an Authoring:done status
to a Authoring:work status and then include them in the
bulk check out.
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Click Continue.
The eligible objects are checked out, indicated with
and your username in the
Checked Out
By column.
- Optional:
After the checkout is complete, do one of the following:
- Click New Action to continue to the next bulk
action.
- Click Clear to clear the bulk action basket and
return to work on an object.
Results
The items that meet the stated conditions are checked out to
you.
