How To Fix KOSA005 - Costing view of material &1/&2 locked by user &3

KOSA005 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: KOSA - Product Cost Collector

• Message number: 005

• Message text: Costing view of material &1/&2 locked by user &3

What causes this issue?

The costing view of material &V1& in plant &V2& is currently locked by
user &V3&.
Possible causes: a product cost collector is being created or changed
for material &V1& in plant &V2&, or a production process is being
created for material &V1& in plant &V2&.

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?

Wait until the lock of costing view of material &V1& has ended.

Procedure for System Administrators

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message KOSA005 - Costing view of material &1/&2 locked by user &3 ?

  The SAP error message KOSA005 indicates that the costing view of a material is locked by a specific user. This typically occurs when a user is currently working on or has opened the costing view for that material, preventing other users from making changes or accessing that view until it is released.
  
  Cause:
  
  User Lock: The most common cause is that a user has the costing view open in a transaction (like CK11N for cost estimate) and has not yet saved or exited the transaction.
  Background Jobs: Sometimes, background jobs that are processing cost estimates can also lock the costing view.
  System Errors: Occasionally, system errors or crashes can leave a lock in place.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  Identify the User: Check which user is locking the costing view. The error message provides the user ID (in this case, &3).
  Contact the User: If possible, contact the user who is locking the view and ask them to either save their