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To commit changes back to the data store
1 Check in all features, or cancel checkout for them.
2 In Map Explorer (page 2068), right-click the feature source and click Manage
Versions.
3 In the Manage Versions dialog box (page 1748), select the version and click
Merge.
This option is available for child versions only. If you merge the active
version, its parent version is activated and then the selected version is
merged and removed from the Version tree.
You cannot merge a version if it has children.
4 Click Close.
To discard a version
1 Check in any checked out features, or cancel checkout for them.
2 Make sure that the parent version is not connected in any other drawing.
3 In
Map Explorer (page 2068), right-click the feature source and click Manage
Versions.
4 In the Manage Versions dialog box (page 1748), select the version and click
Drop.
All edits saved to the version are discarded. This option is available for
child versions only. If you drop the active version, its parent version is
activated and then the selected version is dropped and removed from the
Version list.
You cannot drop a version if it has children.
5 Click Close.
To address errors
If an error occurs during version management, the affected item in the dialog
box displays an error indicator.
1 To see the cause of the error, hold your cursor over the error indicator.
If you create a version and the operation fails, you will see a new version
with an error indicator. The version has not really been created. It is a
placeholder to display the error.
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