Global action restrictions
To protect the integrity of the model, users cannot complete certain model edits while a global action is in progress.
Only one global action can run at a time. Global actions include calculations, imports, exports, period-locking, calendar edits, migrations, and edits to the structure of a table.
If a second administrator tries to calculate or import data while another global action is in progress, the second administrator sees a warning message. The second administrator must wait for the first administrator's global action to complete.
When the global action finishes, the icon turns green. The global action status updates when you place your cursor over the icon and when the URL changes. When a user is inactive, the global action status updates every 5 minutes for an hour. If you place your cursor over the global action status icon or change pages, the inactive update count is reset.
While a global action is in progress, you cannot:
- Import into tables, create a new table or input form, manually edit tables, or any other edits to the data or structure of a table.
- Generate or edit a star schema.
- Add, edit, or promote a scenario.
- Add or edit calculations.
- Run a model optimize.