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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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