How To Fix WA400 - Event not correctly selected

WA400 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WA - Messages from Workflow Event Manager

• Message number: 400

• Message text: Event not correctly selected

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WA400 - Event not correctly selected ?

  The SAP error message WA400: Event not correctly selected typically occurs in the context of Workflow or Business Event Management within SAP. This error indicates that the system could not find or correctly identify the event that was supposed to trigger a workflow or a process.
  
  Cause
  
  Incorrect or missing event linkage: The event that is supposed to trigger the workflow is either not defined, not active, or incorrectly linked.
  Event not registered: The event might not be registered in the system or the event linkage to the object is missing.
  Wrong event parameters: The parameters passed to the event are incorrect or incomplete.
  Event not released or active: The event might be created but not released or activated in the system.
  Incorrect event selection in workflow: The workflow definition might be referring to an event that does not exist or is not valid for the object type.
  
  
  Solution
  
  
  Check Event Definition:
  
  Use transaction SWETYPV (Event Linkage) to verify