SAP Message AO187 - Variant &1 cannot be deleted - &2 status is active

Diagnosis
You want to delete variant &V1&. According to the status '&V2&' of thevariant, deletion is not allowed.

System Response
The system does not allow deletion of variant &V1&.

Procedure
The variant cannot be deleted.
If you want to delete variante &V1&, see if you can change the statusof the variant. You can delete the variant if it has 'created' or'rejected' status.
You cannot delete variants in which a master data lock has been set.You first have to remove the master data lock to be able to deletethem.