How To Fix SWF_ADMIN007 - Select 'Top-Level Work Items Only' to delete consistently

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: SWF_ADMIN - Workflow: Administration

• Message number: 007

• Message text: Select 'Top-Level Work Items Only' to delete consistently

What causes this issue?

You have deselected the 'Only Top-Level Work Items' against the default
recommendation.

System Response

With this setting it is possible to deleted individual steps from
processes. This only makes sense in exceptional cases as the process
isntance, that is, the top-level work items with all directly and
indirectly dependent work items represents a unit that is to be
considered whole. Breaking up the unit can have serious consequences.
This would mean that deleting final work items would affect workflows
that are still open. In the worst case, they could no longer be
processed or the workflow log would no longer display them. The damage
would be irreparable.

How to fix this error?

If you do not want to proceed intentionally against the recommendation,
select the 'Top-Level Work Items Only' checkbox.

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