When working with more than one person on files, there may be situations where there are conflicts during the synchronization. For example if two persons are working on the same file, the last one who saves the file also wins during the synchronization which is triggered as soon as the file is being saved.
Conflict handling
In the case of a file conflict the client keeps the newest file version (by last modification date) at the original place (e.g. BalanceSheet.xls). All other members of the folder will receive this copy, however will also keep the previous version in their file archive, so nothing should get lost. The overwritten version can be restored from the file archive then. Furthermore they will get a notification in their client about the conflict and a warning symbol next to the folder in which the conflict happened.
Enabling conflict handling
Conflict handling is enabled by default.
Disabling conflict handling will cause that there is no warning issued in the client user interface and the overwritten file will not get saved in the file archive.
To disable conflict handling:
- Enable the Expert Mode.
- Click on Preferences in the main window.
- Click on Expert Settings.
- Uncheck the Enable conflict handling checkbox.