Many Emails With Title Workflow XXXXXX Set To State ERROR in Private Folder v1

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SAP Knowledge Base Article

3358774 - Many emails with title "Workflow xxxxxx set to state ERROR" in private
folder
Component: BC-SRV-COM (Communication Services: Mail, Fax, SMS, Telephony), Version: 1, Released On:
18.08.2023

Symptom
There are many notification emails for workflow items can be found in output of program RSSO_DELETE_PRIVATE and
RSBCS_REORG.

Environment
SAP Netweaver
SAP S/4HANA

Reproducing the Issue


Execute BCS reorganization report RSBCS_REORG and these emails cannot be deleted since they are in the private folder.
Or run report RSSO_DELETE_PRIVATE to display the user's inbox.
Cause
When workflow failed with error status, the notification email was sent to the workflow admin. If single workflow failed with
multiple times, there will be the many emails triggered and saved into the private folder of the workflow admin.

Resolution
The emails in private folder can be deleted with report RSSO_DELETE_PRIVATE, check the following steps about how to
identify the error of the individual workflow.

*Please notice the information displayed in below screenshots are from SAP test environment.
1. Identify the work item ID in the email title, for example if the email subject/title is "Workflow 387082 set to state
ERROR", the work item ID will be "387082".
2. Execute transaction SWI1, put this work item ID in 'Identification' field and execute.

3. Click on "Trace" icon on the Menu bar, then the Workflow Log will be displayed.
4. Hit the "List with technical details" icon and check the "Step History" tab.

The error message and Task Id can be found here.


5. Click on the Task Id, the details of the work flow item can be checked, for example the item name and the application
which is responsible for it.
Then check with the team which generated this work flow to fix the error.

Keywords
RSBCS_REORG, RSSO_DELETE_PRIVATE, private folder, Workflow set to status error, workflow, SWI1, work item

Attributes
Key Value

Other Components BC-BMT-WFM (Business Workflow)

Requires Action 0
Products
Products

SAP NetWeaver 7.0

SAP NetWeaver 7.1

SAP NetWeaver 7.2

SAP NetWeaver 7.3

SAP NetWeaver 7.4

SAP NetWeaver 7.5

SAP S/4HANA 1809

SAP S/4HANA 1909

SAP S/4HANA 2020

SAP S/4HANA 2021

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