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Lock a Schedule

Locking a schedule prevents anyone from overwriting it through the Academic Calendar. Use this to protect a finalized master schedule — for example, once a schedule has been approved for the year — so that accidental saves do not change it.

Admin only

Only administrators can lock and unlock schedules.

How locking works

When a schedule is locked:

  • The 💾 Save button in the Academic Calendar changes to 🔒 Locked and is disabled.
  • Hovering over the locked button shows a tooltip explaining that the schedule must be unlocked before saving.
  • The schedule can still be opened and viewed by anyone.
  • Save As… still works — users can save the current placements as a new schedule under a different name, but the locked original is never overwritten.
  • Only an admin can remove the lock.

The lock check happens live at the moment a save is attempted, so even if a user loaded the schedule before it was locked, a save attempt after locking will be blocked.

Lock a schedule

  1. Go to 🗂️ Library.
  2. Click the 📆 Schedules tab.
  3. Find the schedule you want to lock.
  4. Click the 🔐 button to the right of the schedule.
  5. The button turns amber and the schedule shows a 🔒 Locked by [your name] badge.

Unlock a schedule

  1. Go to 🗂️ Library.
  2. Find the locked schedule (it shows the 🔒 Locked badge).
  3. Click the 🔓 button.
  4. The lock badge and amber button are removed.