Cannot perform this operation because the item you try to replace is currently checked out

Symptoms

When attempting to copy or edit a document, Sharegate displays the following message:

Cannot perform this operation because the item you try to replace is currently checked out.

Error code

Details

Solution

There are three possible solutions to this issue:

1. Disable all your workflows and event handlers that cause documents to be checked out while you use Sharegate.
2. If no workflow is set to run automatically, simply discard the check out on the target document and try to run the operation again. It might have happened because someone checked out the document at the same time as you ran the operation in Sharegate.
3. Check in all checked out documents by following this path in the New Report feature in Reporting:

1. Click Reporting
2. Select New Report
3. Select Object Type Document
4. Select Checked Out Status Is Checked Out
5. Continue either with or without saving
6. Select your target
7. Click Run
8. Click Edit selected result(s)
9. Select Transformation Check In As [required version] Note: You can also Discard Checked Out to achieve the same result, but this transformation is not recommended as it will delete any changes a user made to the checked out document.
10. Click Apply
11. Click Continue
12. All your selected documents will now be checked in.