Situation 

New mechanisms that may come in are locked from data entry (as they come in as pending and thus would not be closed by the approval). Setting expiry to 1 (has the effect of closing the dateset regardless of approval).  For example, setting these data sets to "1" closes them:    

• Host Country Results: Narratives (USG)
• Host Country Results: Operating Unit Level (USG)
• MER Results: Community Based
• MER Results: Community Based - DoD ONLY
• MER Results: Facility Based
• MER Results: Facility Based - DoD ONLY
• MER Results: Medical Store
• MER Results: Narratives (IM)
• MER Results: Operating Unit Level (IM)
• Tiered Support: Facilities reporting TX_CURR

They can be set by following the directions on Configuration - How to Manage the Expiry Dates.