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donaldhobbs
New Contributor
12 months ago

Locked workflow Parents don't prevent unlocking children

Hi, I'm a little confused with a workflow security issue I have always assumed that locked and certified parents prevent the unlocking and modification of the workflow steps below it, however I hav...
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JackLacava
Honored Contributor
12 months ago

See this: https://community.onestreamsoftware.com/t5/Workflow-and-Data-Integration/Child-workflow-unlocked-whilst-Parent-is-locked/m-p/26285/highlight/true#M2268

TLDR: "the philosophy of the product is that data is entered strictly in base input profiles, so their locking status is the only one that really matters. Overview profiles are effectively independent. [...] An alternative [ to event handlers] is to restructure your profiles with the above logic in mind, and/or using Named Dependants. "