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3762900 - Application Job Log Retention Period Cannot Be Extended in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Symptom

  • Job logs and execution history are automatically deleted after the system’s standard retention period.
  • Historical job executions are no longer visible in the job monitor, preventing reference for audit trail and verification.

Environment

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition

Reproducing the Issue

  1. Run application jobs (for example, using the Schedule Overhead Accounting Jobs app).
  2. After the system’s standard retention period elapses, open the job monitor and observe that past job logs and execution history are no longer available.

Cause

By design, regular job deletion removes application job logs after the standard retention period defined for the job’s periodicity.

Resolution

  1. Acknowledge that extending or configuring the retention period for application job logs is not supported in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition.
  2. To keep records longer, download or export the required job logs before they expire.

See Also

Keywords

application job logs, retention period, automatic deletion, job monitor, execution history, audit trail, schedule overhead accounting jobs, application jobs app, job log export, retention not configurable, regular job deletion, public edition, period-end close, job templates, settlement jobs , KBA , CO-FIO-ML-2CL , Material Ledger (Public Cloud) , Problem

Product

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition all versions