SAP Message 3E052 - Payroll area & is locked. Open another session, change status and retry

Diagnosis
The status of the control record for this payroll area is set to 1 or4.

  • 1 - Released for payroll

  • 4 - Check payroll results

    • System Response
    The system cannot update employees' termination details, create recordsfor the Recurring Payments/Deductions infotype (0014) and theAdditional Payments infotype (0015) or write to PCL4 cluster.

    Procedure
    Change the status of the control record for this payroll area toanother value.