Parallel Access

With the functionality of parallel access, Valsight enables users to:

• work with multiple users in the same workspace without interfering with each other and creating ambiguous states
• open the same workspace in multiple tabs while working with the same user
• see which users are currently active in the same workspace
• the folding/unfolding of assumptions, the search function and the hiding/showing of columns is not synced across users to enable a fluent collaboration with user a user specific Scenario Manager view

Locking

To avoid ambiguous states in a workspace, certain actions can only be done by one user/in one tab at a time.

These actions are:

• Editing a line-item

  • A line-item is locked while a user is editing either the data or the details
  • Other users can enter the line-item in a read-only mode and are not able to edit anything until the other user exited the line-item again
  • The read-only state is decided when the line-item is opened and is deliberately not refreshed while you sit in it. Once the other user leaves, close the line-item and open it again to get edit rights

• Editing a chart

  • Like line-items, charts are locked while a user is editing a chart.
  • For charts, other users will be blocked to open the chart editor of a chart that is currently edited, but will receive a notification that someone else is currently editing the chart

A lock does not have to be given back by hand. It expires roughly 70 seconds after the last sign of life from the browser that holds it, and a sweep every few seconds releases the expired ones, so a colleague who closes their laptop mid-edit stops blocking the workspace within about a minute rather than indefinitely.

Locks belong to a browser tab, not to a user. Opening the same workspace in a second tab and editing there means the two tabs compete for the same locks, so you can lock yourself out.

Limitations