How to bulk unlock contentHow to bulk unlock content

What

You are trying to edit content in Pure but you find that it is ‘locked’. 

Content that has been included in a synchronisation job is automatically locked so that it can be managed by Pure. You can unlock this content quickly using the bulk unlock feature. 

How

To select the content you want to unlock:

1. Go to the list view of the relevant content type (research outputs have been used in the screenshots below as an example).
   
   2. Click on the double tick icon next to the results total at the top of the list:

3. Select the content you wish to unlock and click ‘bulk manage’:

4. In the pop-up window, select ‘bulk unlock’. You can limit the content you want to unlock to a specific source (listed in a dropdown). You can also choose not to limit to a specific source by simply leaving the default option. Click ‘Next’.

5. In the next screen, check you are happy with the records being unlocked and click ‘Apply the changes’. The final window will provide a summary of the content that has been unlocked.

Please note, if the content is part of a synchronisation job, it will automatically be locked again next time the synchronisation job runs.