Business Rules apparently locked in Calculation Manager

We have encountered an issue with the 11.1.1.2 version of Calculation Manager where Business Rules are apparently becoming locked when a user edits a rule and exits improperly (i.e. when Workspace times out). When this happens the rule can be opened by other admins but cannot be edited. The only way we have found to correct this is have the same user log in and close the rule properly. However, we have one rule locked by a user who is no longer active and with the company. Does anyone know of a way to unlock the rules in Calc Manager? Our Calc Manager is being used with EPMA applications.
Thank you.

I remember coming across this problem about 1 year ago and like you, the recycle the server wasn't an option / didn't work
I don't remember the exact steps but try this
Export the calc to an xml file. Delete the calc. Re-import the calc. If I remember correctly the master admin can delete the calc even if it's checked out. If that doesn't work try just exporting and importing ontop of the calc. One of those worked if I remember correctly but it was almost 1 year ago that we did this (so my memory is getting a bit hazy).
This was also in version 11.1.1.3 not 11.1.2 so there is a chance that 11.1.2 it won't work.

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