SAP Message >3080 - Business partner &1 for lock data could not be found

Diagnosis
During direct input with the contract account, a record was transferredwith lock data for business partner &V1&. The business partner is notassigned to this contract account.

Procedure
Before a record with lock data on a business partner is transferred indirect input, you must have already assigned the partner to an accountor already transferred data on the business partner.