What causes unable to obtain exclusive access to this record or 200?
An error occurs: unable to obtain exclusive access to this record or 200 records. A process in Salesforce is editing the record at the same time. Some common causes are: Sharing Rules are being calculated. A picklist value is replaced or replacement is in progress. A custom index creation or removal is in progress.
Why do I get unable to access this record error?
A custom index creation/removal is in progress. Most unlikely one – someone else is already editing the same record that you are trying to access at the same time. Basically, whatever record it is that you’re trying to manipulate is currently in use for the above reasons. Once it’s no longer in use, it should become available for you to manipulate.
Why does upsert say unable to obtain exclusive access to this record?
Thank You!!! I encountered the same issue “unable to obtain exclusive access to this record” when I tried to load a set of data into SF. and got the same issues hours later. When I ignored that set of data and load a new set, the issue was gone.. For some reason one or more record in that set was locked.
How to avoid the unable to lock row exception?
The conflicting job will then wait untill the locking on the record is released and then perform the required operaiton. This will avoid conflicts between jobs that are running concurrently and will not throw up this exception. You can refer the below link to learn more about record locking. kindly mark it as an answer if that resolves your query !
What causes a master record to be locked?
If a record on the master side of a master-detail relationship has too many child records (thousands) you are likely to encounter these errors as well, as every time you edit the detail record, the master record is locked. The more detail records you have, the more likely that these will be edited by users, causing the parent record to be locked.