How To Fix TU377 - Partially locked budget billing item cannot be processed with trans. EA62

TU377 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: TU - Billing/Scheduling/Budget Billing

• Message number: 377

• Message text: Partially locked budget billing item cannot be processed with trans. EA62

What causes this issue?

You tried to change the business lock for a budget billing plan item.
This lock was not set for all subtransactions of this item.
You can only use this function in the transaction <LS>Mass Document
Change</> (FPE2M) - the transaction used to set this lock.

System Response

You cannot use the budget billing plan change transactions to change
the business lock for this budget billing item.

How to fix this error?

Use transaction FPE2M to change the business lock.

Procedure for System Administrators

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.

TU377 - Details

• The SAP error message TU377 indicates that a budget billing item is partially locked and cannot be processed with transaction EA62. This typically occurs in the context of budget billing processes in SAP, where certain items may be locked due to various reasons, such as ongoing processing, user locks, or system constraints.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Partial Locking: The budget billing item is partially locked, which means that some operations on it are restricted. This can happen if:
  
  Another user is currently processing the item.
  The item is in a state that requires it to be locked for certain operations (e.g., awaiting approval or further processing).
  There are inconsistencies in the data that prevent the item from being fully processed.
  
  
  
  System Configuration: There may be configuration settings in the SAP system that enforce locking mechanisms for budget billing items.
  
  
  Transaction State: The item may be in a state that does not allow it to be processed further until certain conditions