How To Fix WI604 - No exceeded deadlines within specified selections

SAP Error Message - Details

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WI - BPT Workflow: Messages from Info System

• Message number: 604

• Message text: No exceeded deadlines within specified selections

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WI604 - No exceeded deadlines within specified selections ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation for the SAP error message WI604: No exceeded deadlines within specified selections:
  
  SAP Error Message: WI604
  Text: No exceeded deadlines within specified selections
  
  Cause:
  This message appears when you try to display or process work items (tasks, workflow steps) with exceeded deadlines, but the system does not find any work items that meet the selection criteria you specified.
  In other words, the system searched for workflow tasks whose deadlines have been exceeded (i.e., tasks that are overdue), but none were found based on the filters or selection parameters you entered.
  
  When does this occur?
  
  When you use transaction codes or reports that list workflow tasks with exceeded deadlines, such as:
  
  SWI6 (Display Work Items with Exceeded Deadlines)
  SWI5 (Work Items)
  Or any custom report/query that filters for overdue workflow tasks.
  
  
  If your selection criteria (date range, user, task type, workflow ID, etc.) are too restrictive or incorrect, no matching work items will be found.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Check your selection criteria:
  
  Make sure the date range is correct and covers the period you want to check.
  Verify that the user or organizational unit is correct.
  Remove or relax filters to broaden the search.
  Check if you are looking for the correct workflow or task type.
  
  
  
  Verify if there are actually any overdue work items:
  
  It is possible that no work items have exceeded their deadlines in the system at the moment.
  You can try to run the report without any filters to see if any overdue tasks exist.
  
  
  
  Check workflow configuration:
  
  If you expect overdue tasks but none appear, verify that deadlines are set correctly in the workflow definitions.
  Ensure that the deadline monitoring is active and configured properly.
  
  
  
  Check system date and time:
  
  Sometimes, system date/time inconsistencies can cause unexpected results in deadline calculations.
  
  
  
  
  Additional Information:
  
  Workflow deadlines are set in the workflow definition and monitored by the SAP Workflow system.
  The message is informational and not an error per se; it simply indicates no data found for the given criteria.
  If you want to test or simulate overdue tasks, you can create a workflow with a short deadline and let it expire.
  
  
  Summary:
  
  
  
  Aspect
  Details
  
  
  
  
  Message
  WI604: No exceeded deadlines within specified selections
  
  
  Cause
  No workflow tasks found that have exceeded their deadlines based on your selection criteria
  
  
  Solution
  Check and broaden selection criteria; verify workflow deadlines and monitoring; confirm system date/time
  
  
  Transactions
  SWI6, SWI5, custom workflow reports
  
  
  
  
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