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title: "Locking the Data Vault"
canonical: "https://docs.vaultspeed.com/space/VPD/3040477208/Locking%20the%20Data%20Vault"
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In order to finish the Data Vault Set Up, the Data Vault has to be locked, meaning a new Data Vault will be generated.

This can be done by using the ‘Lock Release’ button at the top right when on the Data Vaults Screen.

![image](media://57dfbcf5-3ddc-4471-a40f-a92c510d5ad3)


Click 'Lock' in order to start the Data Vault Generation.

> 📝 if the **Lock** Button is greyed out, this means there are still Errors in the Data Vault configuration. Return to the previous Screens (for e.g. Naming Conventions) to check whether any Error Messages are still displayed.

After clicking Generate 2 Tasks will be queued :

![image](media://9dad5a0e-bf36-4651-9512-b903346aa8d9)

 

When the tasks are finished, click on the ‘refresh’ button on the **Releases** Tab (top right). The Lock Icon is now closed to indicate that this Release is Locked.

![image](media://6d16f319-265f-4b31-b5ce-0ace026e3029)

 

When you click on a locked release, you will see that you can’t edit anything anymore.  VaultSpeed will also indicate this with the ‘Read only’ notification in the top right corner.

But two new tabs that weren’t available before have now become available: **Parameters Overview** and **Graphical overview**.

![image](media://08e9aeb4-f432-4879-86b0-9523a75d5de2)

The **Parameters overview** will list all Parameters, for review purposes so you can see exactly what all parameter settings were for this data vault release and its related source releases.  You can use the checkbox next to ‘Show only changed parameters’ to show only the ones that differ from the defaults of VaultSpeed.

Example for the Data Vault Parameters in our demo project:

![image](media://ec18131d-90ab-4a88-92a3-d0a4110e3564)


 The **Graphical overview** will take you to the Graphical Data Vault Overview.  More info on that here: [https://vaultspeed.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VPD/pages/3010920496](https://vaultspeed.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/VPD/pages/3010920496)