How To Fix 53188 - Employee &1 locked

53188 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: 53 - Incentive Wages Data

• Message number: 188

• Message text: Employee &1 locked

What causes this issue?

The time ticket posting date was changed to &v2&. Employee &v1& is
locked on this day.

System Response

The posting date change is not taken into account.

How to fix this error?

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message 53188 - Employee &1 locked ?

  The SAP error message "53188 Employee &1 locked" indicates that the employee record you are trying to access or modify is currently locked. This can happen for various reasons, such as:
  Causes:
  
  Ongoing Processes: The employee record may be locked due to ongoing processes, such as payroll processing, time evaluation, or other HR-related transactions.
  User Lock: Another user may have the employee record open in a session, preventing you from accessing it.
  System Lock: The system may have placed a lock on the employee record due to a previous transaction that did not complete successfully.
  Data Consistency Checks: The system may lock the record to ensure data consistency during updates or changes.
  
  Solutions:
  
  Wait and Retry: If the lock is due to an ongoing process, wait for that process to complete and then try again.
  Check User Sessions: If you suspect another user has the record open, you can check the user sessions in the system (using transaction