What are the different types of locks?

Scenario:

What are the different types of locks?

Solution:

There are five kinds of locks on repository objects:

1. Read lock => Created when you open a repository object in a folder for which you do not have write permission. Also

created when you open an object with an existing write lock.

2. Write lock => Created when you create or edit a repository object in a folder for which you have write permission.

3. Execute lock => Created when you start a session or batch, or when the Informatica Server starts a scheduled session or batch.

4. Fetch lock => Created when the repository reads information about repository objects from the database.

5. Save lock => Created when you save information to the repository.