Published and draft: why a library can be invisible to a colleague
A library has a publication status: published or draft. The status is the entire visibility gate on an official library, not just a visual badge.
A library in draft is invisible to everyone. That also applies to colleagues who would otherwise have access if the library were published: an organisation library in draft is still not seen by the organisation’s own members until it is published.
This means that a user who experiences an expected library as “disappeared” or “not created yet” is in practice most often looking at a library that exists but sits in draft. It is not an access error, but a deliberate state the content has not yet left.
The calculation mode matters too
Section titled “The calculation mode matters too”Publication is not the only condition for a library to be usable. A library is only available in a project’s library picker if it is both published and has at least one calculation mode selected that matches the project’s. A published library with no calculation mode is online, but never shows up in any project. So choose the calculation mode at the same time as you publish.
Publication time
Section titled “Publication time”A published library has a publication time. For official libraries that time must also have passed before the library becomes visible, which makes it possible to prepare a release in advance and let it take effect at a set time.