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Locking Activity (Exclusive Late Shared)

The document discusses different types of locking activities (exclusive, late, shared) that can occur for goods movements, material master data, and invoice verification in SAP. It explains how each locking type works and how they can be configured using customization settings.

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Locking Activity (Exclusive Late Shared)

The document discusses different types of locking activities (exclusive, late, shared) that can occur for goods movements, material master data, and invoice verification in SAP. It explains how each locking type works and how they can be configured using customization settings.

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createdbyDibyenduPatraon14Feb201513:20,lastmodifiedbyDibyenduPatraon14Feb201513:47

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Sometimeswegettheseerrormessagenumbers:M3022Thegroupdataforthe
material&islockedby&,M3023Plantdataislockedbytheuser&,M3024Valuation
dataformaterial&islockedbytheuser&,M3897Theplantdataofthematerial&is
lockedbytheuser&.Thatdoesmeansomeotheruseriscurrentlyworkingonthesame
material.youcan'tmakethesemessagesaswarningoryoucan'tswitchoffthese
messagesfromcustomization.Letsexplainhowsystemworksinternallyastheresultof
thesemessagesexternallyandhowtocontrolthesemessages.

ExclusiveLock:

Exclusiveblockisquitelikeimmediateblock.Whenyouuseamaterialmasterduringa
goodsmovementtransaction,thensystemwillblocktheparticularmaterialmasterforany
othergoodsmovementtransactionuntilyoupostorleavethecurrenttransaction.That
meansyouonlycanabletopostothermovementorchangemasterdataifthematerialis
notusedinanyothergoodsmovementtransaction.Inthatcase,onlyoneusercanposta
goodsmovement,anotherusercan'tusethematerialmasterforanygoodsmovement
transaction.Itisusedtoposttheallgoodsmovementcorrectly,sothatthevaluationdata
areupdatedcorrectlyinthematerialmasterandtherearenoinconsistentduringupdate
thequantityandvalue.Buthereisadisadvantage:Onlyoneusercanpostagoods
movementtransactionatatime,hencethiscanbeabigissueforthesetypesof
organizationswhereahugeofgoodsmovementsarepostedperday.
Inthatcase,systemwillissuetheseabovemessagesaserror.

LateLock:

Lateblockdoesmeansystemwillnotblockimmediatelyorexclusivelythematerialmaster
whenanotheruserisusingagoodsmovementtransactionforthesamematerial.Itwilltry
toblockexclusivelyonlywhenyouwillgotosavethedata,sothatthismaterialwillbe
blockedforacertainpointoftime(shorttime).Youneedtoenterawaitingtimetousethe
lateblock(bydefaultsystemwilltake10)anditwillbeassecond.Waitingtimeisacertain
numberoflockingattemptswhichwillcreatedbysystembeforethegoodsmovement
posted.Ittriestolockthematerialmasterdatabeforethepostinggoodsmovement,so
thatallpostingwouldbeconsistent(correct).Ifanyotheruseruseagoodsmovementfor
thematerialmaster,thensystemwillwaitforacertaintimeandthenagaintriestosetthe
block.

SharedLock:

Sharedlockdoesmeantosharethelockingactivitybetweengoodsmovementand
materialmaster.Suppose,anuserisprocessingagoodsmovementtransaction,thenyou
canabletochangethematerialmasterdatawithoutvaluationrelatedandinventory
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managementrelateddata(suchasmaterialprice,valuationcategory,unitofmeasure,
indicatorforbatchdeterminationetc).Ifyougoforchangeamaterialmasterandyouhave
donesomechangesandbeforepressingsaveanotheruserhaspostedagoods
movementinthemeantime,thensystemwillrefuseyourentryandsystemwillthrougha
message"MM628Thefieldcannotbechangedatthemomentduetoagoods
movement",andyouneedtoleavethetransactionanddoitagain.Ifanotheruseris
postingagoodsmovementtransactionandduringthetimeyouaretryingtochangesome
datarelatedtothevaluationorinventorymanagement,thensystemwillissuethe
message"M3024Valuationdataformaterial&islockedbytheuser&".Butyoucanstill
abletosavethechangesofotherdata(likeasmaterialdescription,materialgroup,
division,tickoptionofautomaticPO,sourcelist.Anythingnotrelatedtovaluationor
inventorymanagement).Theonlydisadvantageofthesharelock,youcan'tchangethese
fieldswhosearerelatedtovaluationandinventorymanagementlevel.
Sharedlockwillworkwhenyouareusingthelatelock.Systemwillrefusethesharelockif
yousetthethelockingactivityas"LockExclusively"incustomization.

Customization:

Therearetwocustomizationstousetheseabovefacilities.Inonecustomization,youhave
tosetthelockingactivityaseither"LockExclusively"or"LateLock",andinother
customizationyouneedtosetthe"SharedLock".
IntheIMGpathSPROIMGMaterialsManagementGeneralSettingsforMaterials
ManagementSetmaterialblockforgoodsmovements,youcansetthelockingactivity
forgoodsmovementtransactionoryoucanusethetcodeOMJI.Hereyoucanchoose
yourdesireoption:

(Note:YoumaycanseedifferentscreenforIMGpathandtransactionOMJI,butthese
botharesame)
Tousethesharedlockfunction,youneedtogototheIMGpathSPROIMGLogistics
GeneralMaterialMasterBasicSettingsMakeGlobalSettingsoryoucanusetcode
OMT0.Hereyoucansettheindicatorasperyourdesirerequirement:

MaterialblockduringInvoiceposting:

Youcanalsoblockmaterialmasterrecordduringinvoiceverification,youcanuse3
methodsforthisblockingactivity:
1.Allmaterialswillbeblockedduringinvoiceposting(Materialisblockedatfirstread):
Inthisactivity,ifyouwillchooseapurchasingdocumentforinvoicepostingwithregardsto
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somematerials,thenthesematerialswillbeblockedforanychangesrelatedtovaluation
datalevel.
Suppose,youareprocessinganinvoicewhichcontainsamaterial,thenthismaterialwill
beblockedforvaluationdatalevel.Youwillreceiveanerrormessage"M3024Valuation
dataformaterial&islockedbytheuser&".

2.Particularmaterialblockedduringinvoiceposting(Materialisblockedwheninvoiceis
simulated/posted):
Inthisactivity,onlythesematerialswillbeblockedwhosestockstobeupdated(forthe
reasonofanyvarianceofGRvalueandinvoicevalue).
Suppose,youareprocessinganinvoicewhichcontainsamaterial,andduringsimulation,
therearesomevaluegoestothematerialaccount(inventoryaccount),thensystemwill
blockthematerialatvaluationdatalevel.Systemwillissuethemessage"M3024
Valuationdataformaterial&islockedbytheuser&".

3.Materialblockduringdirectposting:
Inthiscase,whenyouwillusethetabmaterialinMIROduringpostingtheinvoice,then
systemwillblockthematerialatvaluationlevelimmediately.
Ifyouareusingtheinvoiceandgoodsmovementtransactionparallel,thenyoushould
choosetheoption"Materialisblockedwheninvoiceissimulated/posted".
ConfigurationcanbecontrolledbythepathSPROIMGMaterialsManagement
GeneralSettingsforMaterialsManagementSetUpMaterialBlockforInvoiceVerification
:

Selectyoudesireoptionfromthese3methods.
Referencehelpdocuments:
LateExclusiveMaterialBlock(Enqueue)forGoodsReleasenotesforrelease3.0D
SAPLibrary
MaterialBlock(MaterialEnqueue)forGoodsMovementsInventoryManagementand
PhysicalInventory(MMIM)SAPLibrar

SAPNotes:
322989Lateblock:Numberofblockingattempts
1166612Lockingerrorformaterialduringparallelgoodsmovements
1985306Performanceguideforgoodsmovements
1766569VL02Nlockingissue:M3024raised
KBA
1744780ErrormessageM3024duringInvoiceVerificationprocess

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NarendraKonnipati14Feb201518:48

NicedocumentDP.

Inmysystem,int.codeOMJI,Iamabletoseeanothercheckmark(ActivatelateDBUpdate)
also.SAPistellingthatifwetickthischeckboxthenindatabaseforgoodsmovements,willupdate
lately.

BR
KNR
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MehmetOzgurUnal14Feb201519:42(inresponsetoNarendraKonnipati)

Hiall

Wepreferexclusiveblocksoimmediatelyblock.Thereasonisthatwedonotwantto
negativestockincustomizing.Lastyear,wegetnegativestockafterthatwefindrootof
problem:Weusebapitopostmovementsinproductionandtransfermovements
automatically.Ossadvisethatupdateproblemcanbesolvedtorestrictmovementsin
paraleltime.

Regards.

M.OzgurUnal
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MohsinAbbasi15Feb201513:59

DearDev,
Niceone.....:D
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PradeepMani15Feb201515:43

Thanksforsharing..
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amirarashed16Feb201510:26

niceblogDev,
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