How To Fix QA013 - Entry for material &1, plant &2 was already changed

QA013 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: QA - QM : Inspection lots

• Message number: 013

• Message text: Entry for material &1, plant &2 was already changed

What causes this issue?

The entry you are processing has already been changed. A change to this
entry is therefore not possible.

System Response

The entry will be skipped.

How to fix this error?

Check the change that was previously made and change the entry again,
if necessary.

Error message extract from SAP system. Copyright SAP SE.

QA013 - Details

• The SAP error message QA013 indicates that there is an attempt to change a quality management (QM) record for a material in a specific plant, but the record has already been modified. This typically occurs in the context of quality inspection or quality management processes within SAP.
  
  Cause:
  The error can occur due to several reasons:
  
  Concurrent Changes: Another user or process has already made changes to the quality management data for the same material and plant.
  Locking Mechanism: SAP uses a locking mechanism to prevent simultaneous updates to the same data. If a record is locked by another transaction, you may encounter this error.
  Data Consistency: The system may have detected that the data you are trying to change is inconsistent with the current state of the database.
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve the QA013 error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check for Locks: Use transaction code SM12 to check if there are any locks on the material