How To Fix WI728 - Restart of & work items: & successful, & failed

WI728 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

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

• Message number: 728

• Message text: Restart of & work items: & successful, & failed

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WI728 - Restart of & work items: & successful, & failed ?

  Certainly! Here's a detailed explanation regarding the SAP error message:
  
  SAP Message:
  WI728 Restart of & work items: & successful, & failed
  
  Meaning / 
  Cause:
  
  This message appears during the restart of workflow work items in SAP.
  The placeholders (&) are replaced by actual numbers or values at runtime.
  It indicates that an attempt was made to restart a certain number of workflow work items.
  Out of these, some were successfully restarted, while others failed.
  The failure can be due to various reasons such as:
  The work item is already completed or deleted.
  The work item is locked or being processed by another user or process.
  Inconsistent or missing data related to the work item.
  Authorization issues.
  System or database errors.
  
  
  
  
  When does this occur?
  
  Typically during workflow administration activities, such as:
  Restarting failed or stuck workflow work items via transaction SWI1 (Work Item Selection) or SWIA (Restart Work Item).
  Automatic or manual workflow recovery processes.
  Workflow runtime errors that require manual intervention.
  
  
  
  
  Solution / How to resolve:
  
  
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