How To Fix FARR_RAI171 - Subarea for parallel. &1 is locked for comp. code &2 by user &3 (&4)

FARR_RAI171 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: FARR_RAI - Revenue Accounting Item

• Message number: 171

• Message text: Subarea for parallel. &1 is locked for comp. code &2 by user &3 (&4)

What causes this issue?

The subarea for parallelization &v1& is currently locked for company
code &v2& by another process by user &v3& (&v4&). Therefore, revenue
accounting items of this company code and this subarea cannot be
changed, transferred or processed.

System Response

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

How to fix this error?

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

FARR_RAI171 - Details

• The SAP error message FARR_RAI171 indicates that a specific subarea for parallel processing is locked for a particular company code by a user. This typically occurs in the context of financial accounting or asset accounting when multiple users or processes attempt to access the same data simultaneously.
  
  Cause:
  
  Concurrent Access: The error arises when one user or process is already accessing a specific subarea of data, and another user or process tries to access it at the same time.
  Lock Mechanism: SAP uses a locking mechanism to prevent data inconsistencies. When a user locks a subarea, other users are prevented from making changes until the lock is released.
  Long-Running Transactions: If a transaction takes a long time to complete, it can hold the lock for an extended period, causing other users to encounter this error.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Wait and Retry: The simplest solution is to wait for the user who holds the lock to complete their transaction.