Check in and Check out in framework manager repository control

[phoenixfire]

Hello,
I am new to Cognos. Can someone please explain how check in and check out works? I looked at the help and it gave the steps to do it but not why.
Thank you in advance.

[MFGF]

Hi,

The idea is that you register your Framework Manager project with a source control system (either Visual SourceSafe or CVS).  From this point on, the project cannot be modified unless it is checked out of the source control system, then once the modifications are complete, the developer would check the project back in again with a short overview of the changes.  This can be particularly useful if you want to allow multiple developers to work on different segments of the project at the same time, as it means that two developers cannot overwrite each others work - each checked out segment cannot be modified by anyone except the developer working on it.  There are lots of other benefits too - centralised storage of project files, complete history of all checked in versions, developer accountability etc.

If you want to find out more about the benefits of source control, try searching for "Source Control" or "Revision Control" in your favourite search engine.

Best regards,

MF.

[jse_aus]

Another question on this topic: Can you integrate framework manager with a central CVS repostory?  It seems like you can only use an SCCS repository which is local from the fm doco.

We have a CVS repository on a Solaris box which we use for c code and shell scripts - which we have successfully configured to be accessible via our windows machines (using the CVS for windows client), but I havent been able to work out how to connect framework manager to it.

If anyone else has had good/bad experience with versioning for this tool, any comments/experiences would be great!

thanks