Explicit and implicit blocking

Display of locks in the table

In the tables and the organizational chart view, the individual locks are identified by symbols.

	An open lock means that there is no blocking.
	A closed lock indicates that the area in question is either protected or completely closed.
	A closed lock with blue arrows indicates an assignment that is only locked against changes due to a complete locking of a higher-level area.
	A wall means that the area is protected.
	A wall with blue arrows appears when the area protection of the area is activated and a higher level is closed at the same time.

Passing on the locks in the tables

Each lock set manually by the user is called explicit lock and is indicated in the table by a closed lock. A full closure of a higher-level area is equivalent to a full closure of all areas that are subordinate to the fully closed area. In addition, a full lock also means grandfathering for all assignments at all levels below the fully locked area. EasyMap automatically sets such indirect locks that result from a full lock. Such implicit locks are indicated by blue arrows on the respective lock symbol in the table. If the full block of the higher-level area is lifted again, all implicit blockages caused by the full block are automatically lifted again.

The illustration above shows the different types of locks:

• Region East has been explicitly fully locked (closed lock); therefore EasyMap has automatically locked all territories in Region East (implicit lock, closed lock with blue arrows); EasyMap has also automatically placed the assignments of this territory to Region East under grandfathering (implicit lock, closed lock with blue arrows);
• EasyMap has also automatically placed the assignments of all postal codes in Region East under the protection of stock (implicit blocking, closed lock with blue arrows).