Mastering ArcGIS Enterprise Administration

Finding locks on datasets

Perhaps the database administrator or data loader only needs access to one dataset, but some users currently have the dataset open and therefore have locks on it. These users could be physical users that are viewing, editing, or analyzing the dataset, or they could be headless users such as ArcGIS Server admin or publishing accounts. Regardless, you can disconnect these users from individual datasets just like we did earlier to disconnect them from the entire geodatabase. In the Geodatabase Administration window under the Locks tab is a list of locks currently on all datasets in the geodatabase; to disconnect a user and effectively remove the lock, right-click on the object in the list and select Disconnect User ...