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3019906 - Get warning message "The story has just been updated by XXXXXXX. You are now only able to save a copy of the story" when edit a story in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

Symptom

Open a story in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and click edit button, get a warning message "The story has just been updated by XXXXXXX. You are now only able to save a copy of the story" at the bottom of the page like below:

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Then notice that the save button is greyed out and the only option to continue editing the story is to Save a Copy or Open latest Revision by either clicking the link in the warning message or clicking the option Save As... in the menu bar or opening the story again.

Environment

  • SAP Analytics Cloud (Enterprise) 2020.21.14

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Open a story in SAC by user A and click edit button.
  2. Open the same story by user B and click edit button.
  3. User A save the changes to the story by clicking Save button in the menu bar.
  4. User B gets a warning message "The story has just been updated by User A. You are now only able to save a copy of the story" 

Cause

This behavior is currently by design.

Resolution

This warning message is to indicate user that the story has been edited by the other user and saved, to avoid changes can't be saved, need save a copy or open the latest revision of the story.

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Keywords

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Product

SAP Analytics Cloud 1.0