About exclusive access

While users in a network environment can simultaneously work in the same company’s data, some operations require that access to the company is restricted to a single user.

For example, exclusive access is required when rebuilding indexes, copying a company to create a new one, or archiving the accounting at the fiscal year-end. To protect the data, limit the access of a company to a single workstation during rebuilding indexes and archiving the fiscal year.

Administrative users control whether individual non-administrative user can open the company exclusively or not. (Users who do not have this permission do not see the option to open the company exclusively when they select it in the Company List window.)