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Version Control Issues (Checked-out documents)

asked on March 4, 2015 Show version history

[Laserfiche Client 9.1.1.486]

Hi my name is David Trainor and I am the Laserfiche administrator for my organization,

I have a document that I cannot edit or check-out, because my system informs me that it has already been checked out when I try to save changes, etc. 

When I open the Properties window and I navigate to the document tab, it lists the user that created the record as having it Checked-Out. However, when I click on Tools > Checked Out Documents... the list does not contain the record in question. When I log into the Administration Console and look at Checked Out Documents, it does not show up either. 

The user who created the document does not have it open on their computer and I cannot Check Out or Undo the Check Out. 

A little information about the records in question : they are version controlled, some do not have any additional versions other than the original, while others have multiple versions. I have a Workflow process that updates the metadata when it has been modified and this error seems to be happening more frequently. 

I have brought up this question before and received a response that worked at the time, but it appears that this error is happening much more than it did before (Here is my previous Answers submission: https://answers.laserfiche.com/questions/65576/Document-Showing-as-being-CheckedOut-when-it-is-not). After the user inputs 2 or 3 new versions of documents the "phantom lock" is applied and they are unable to upload a new version. The client itself is not crashing, and everything appears to be working smoothly until the newest version is attempted to be added.

Any help you could provide would be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you. 

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replied on March 4, 2015

This issue should have been fixed in 9.1.1.486. Is it giving you the error "the document is already checked out" when you attempt to manually check it out in the client?

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replied on March 12, 2015

Hi Rob, 

Sorry I am only seeing your reply now as I did not realize I wasn't subscribed to this thread. 

Yes, when I manually try to check it out in the client I receive the error that the document is already checked out. 

However, the user who last used it is able to check it out. Then when I (as the admin) go in to my Admin console, I am able to see that the document is checked out, and I can remove the lock on the document. 

It is very perplexing. 

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replied on May 6, 2015

Are these office documents? How is the user editing them? I think a support case would help us diagnose the issue since there are so many variables.

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replied on May 8, 2015

Hi again Robert, 

Appreciate your help with this issue. The documents are usually PDFs, the user does not edit the older version but only replaces it with the newer one. Essentially, the check-out is being applied when the user uploads the latest version through version control. However, like we have already discussed, when the user attempts to upload a new version there is an error, uploading is attempted again but the original document says it is locked and unable to be edited. 

I think a support case would be helpful. What steps would I have to take to start/submit one? 

Thanks! 

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replied on May 8, 2015

Go through your VAR to submit a support case.

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replied on May 8, 2015

Thanks very much Robert! I will submit through my VAR. 

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