Excluding Box Contents from Data Refresh

After manually updating the contents of a box, you may want to lock the contents of that box so that it is not updated during a data refresh. This is useful if you maintain data in one or more boxes that is not in your underlying data source.

If you have defined multi-record boxes, the Refresh process will preserve the formatting of those boxes and apply that formatting to any new multi-record boxes created by data refresh.

Note: This option is only available for data that has been imported from an external source.

To lock/unlock the contents of a box during data refresh:

1        Select the boxes that you want to lock or unlock.

2        Click the Box Layout tool  or select Box Properties from the Format menu. The Box Properties dialog box is displayed.

3        Click the Advanced tab.

4        Select or deselect the Lock contents during data refresh checkbox.

5        Click OK.