Freezing the baseline

Last Updated : Nov 06, 2023 |

You must freeze a publication baseline before you can release the publication.

About this task

After the baseline is frozen, you cannot change the content. You can, however, change the condition settings and output formats to produce different, custom output from the same frozen publication baseline.

Note:

To identify errors ahead of baseline freeze, freeze the baseline before you release all objects in the publication. That way, if there are errors that require you to modify the content, you have the opportunity to make the changes in the draft version before you release the topics and maps.

Before you begin

  • Review the Checklist for releasing a publication checklist.

  • Generate the output and check for any errors in the log file.

  • Check the baseline for any topics that are reused from other project folder. See the In Folder column to identify the location.

    If you do not have write access to the reused topics, request the topic owner to resolve the errors.

  • Ensure that all objects in the publication are in the Release state.

    This does not apply if you are performing a preliminary baseline freeze to look for any errors before releasing all objects.

Procedure

  1. Open the publication in Publication Manager.
  2. Click the Baseline tab.
  3. Click Freeze.

    The Freeze Baseline report pane displays Frozen.

    If a baseline cannot be frozen, a Freeze Baseline Report is displayed at the bottom pane that contains location and cause of the baseline freeze error.

    If the freeze operation fails, fix all errors and retry the freeze.

Related information
Checklist for releasing a publication