How To Fix BT141 - Job & cannot be modified due to its status

BT141 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: BT - Background processing messages

• Message number: 141

• Message text: Job & cannot be modified due to its status

What causes this issue?

You can modify a background job only if its status is scheduled or
released<ZV>eingeplant, freigegeben</>. A job cannot be modified, for
example, if it is already active (running).

System Response

The job cannot be modified.

How to fix this error?

If you wished to have additional job steps performed, you can schedule
an additional job with the new job step.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

BT141 - Details

• The SAP error message BT141 indicates that a job cannot be modified because of its current status. This typically occurs in the context of background jobs in SAP, which are scheduled tasks that run without user interaction.
  
  Cause:
  The error message BT141 usually arises due to one of the following reasons:
  
  
  Job Status: The job is in a status that does not allow modifications. Common statuses include:
  
  Released: The job is scheduled to run but has not yet started.
  Active: The job is currently running.
  Finished: The job has completed its execution.
  Canceled: The job was canceled and cannot be modified.
  
  
  
  Job Ownership: The user attempting to modify the job may not have the necessary authorizations or ownership rights to make changes to the job.
  
  
  Job Locking: The job may be locked by another process or user, preventing modifications.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the BT141 error, consider the following steps:
  
  
  Check Job Status:
  
  Use transaction code SM37 to view the job status. If the