SAP Message BT128 - Job & is active. The selected function cannot be performed

Diagnosis
When a job is deleted, a check is made as to whether the job does notcurrently have the status 'active' of 'ready'. It would causeunquantifiable problems if a job with this status was deleted. Thismessage indicates that the SAP system has already started the job to bedeleted.

System Response
Deletion was cancelled. The job was not deleted.

Procedure
You have the following options:

  • Wait until the job is processed and has the status 'finished' or
  • 'cancelled'. You can then delete it.
    • From the work process overview, force a job termination. The job then
    • has the status 'cancelled' and can be deleted. If the job still has thestatus 'ready' of 'active', although it is not, check the system log tofind out how this situation arose.