Short-term workaround on a more granular level: With regards to documents, you can achieve this using the "Insert Document" action. (You can also do this with a part.)
- Doc 1 A.1 --> checkout to lock/hold OR just don't check it out
- Modify the primary content
- Perform the Insert Document action. Here you can upload the modified primary content and set the same attributes you would set during a check in operation.
- Results:
Doc 1 A.1 -- old content
Doc 1 B.1 -- modified content - If you checked out Doc 1 A.1 to lock it, you can just perform an undo checkout
See "Inserting a Document"
Limitations -
- Straightforward but requires a little more effort.
- The Insert Document window includes a step where you are required to copy/paste the object number to find it. You can't preselect the document like you can with check in/revise.
- You are required to upload/change the primary content. There is no option to keep the existing file and modify the attributes only.
- It is essentially treating the action like a New Document action. Meaning that if there are required fields in a New Doc layout, they will also be required here. However, you can use the Type & Att manager to change some of this.
- The "Revision" field is a little clunky. It doesn't automatically assign the next revision label unless you click the "Select Revision" button. Not difficult; just more clicks.
- Only available from Folder Contents > Actions
- No Collect Objects step as there is for the Revise action
- Can't contribute checkin comments
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