How To Fix WA872 - Background job for restarting work items with temporary errors deleted

WA872 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WA - Messages from Workflow Event Manager

• Message number: 872

• Message text: Background job for restarting work items with temporary errors deleted

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WA872 - Background job for restarting work items with temporary errors deleted ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation regarding the SAP error message WA872 - Background job for restarting work items with temporary errors deleted:
  
  Error Message
  WA872: Background job for restarting work items with temporary errors deleted
  
  Cause
  This message indicates that the background job responsible for restarting work items that had temporary errors has been deleted or is no longer scheduled.
  In SAP Workflow, when a work item encounters a temporary error (e.g., system unavailable, locked resource), the system can automatically try to restart the work item after some time. This automatic restart is managed by a background job (usually a job named something like SAP_WAPI_RESTART or similar).
  If this job is deleted, not scheduled, or stopped, the system cannot automatically restart these work items, and you will see this message.
  
  Explanation
  
  Temporary errors in workflow work items are errors that are not permanent and can be resolved by retrying the work item later.
  SAP schedules a background job to