How To Fix WS_MASS012 - Number of messages with unexpected status (&) outside tolerance (&)

WS_MASS012 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: WS_MASS - Settlement Management: Messages for Mass Processing

• Message number: 012

• Message text: Number of messages with unexpected status (&) outside tolerance (&)

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message WS_MASS012 - Number of messages with unexpected status (&) outside tolerance (&) ?

  The SAP error message:
  WS_MASS012 Number of messages with unexpected status (&) outside tolerance (&)
  typically occurs in the context of mass processing of IDocs (Intermediate Documents) in SAP, especially when using transaction codes like WE19 (IDoc test tool), BD87 (Inbound processing of IDocs), or during ALE/EDI processing.
  
  Cause
  
  The message indicates that during a mass processing run of IDocs, the number of IDocs with an unexpected status (e.g., error status) has exceeded a predefined tolerance limit.
  SAP expects that only a certain percentage or number of IDocs may fail or have unexpected statuses during processing. If the count of such IDocs exceeds this tolerance, the system raises this error.
  The unexpected status could be any status that is not considered successful or expected in the current processing context (e.g., status 51 - application document not posted, status 64 - IDoc ready to be transferred to application, etc.).
  This is a safeguard to alert the user that