Basis & Technology
What is Enqueue and Lock Entries?
SAP's logical locking mechanism that prevents concurrent changes to the same business object.
Locks are set by programs through lock objects and are visible in SM12. Stale locks block users and background jobs. Parallel test execution can collide on the same objects, producing lock errors.
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Related terms
Work Process
An operating-system process on an SAP application server that executes requests of a given type, such as dialog or background.
Application Server
A server instance running SAP application work processes that execute ABAP programs.
Flaky Test
An automated test that passes and fails intermittently without code or configuration changes.
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