WSH_EXCEPTIONS Table becomes 38 GB

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Follwoing are the tables which are consuming space for tablespace APPS_TS_TX_DATA.
select segment_name, sum(bytes)
  from dba_segments
where tablespace_name = 'APPS_TS_TX_DATA'
group by segment_name
order by 2 desc;
        SEGMENT_NAME                     SUM(BYTES)
1     WSH_EXCEPTIONS                          38420873216
2     MLOG$_OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL          23646830592
3     WF_ITEM_ACTIVITY_STATUSES          20170014720
4     MLOG$_XXCS_SALES_MATRIX_SA          17160470528
5     MLOG$_WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS          16620978176
6     ZX_LINES_DET_FACTORS               15658385408
7     FND_LOG_MESSAGES                  13132890112
8     WF_ITEM_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES          13027115008
9     MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS          12053774336
10     ZX_LINES                             11223040000
11     OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL                     9180807168
12     RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_LINES_ALL          8896380928
13     XXCS_ORDERS_AUDIT_DATA               8323989504
14     MRP_ATP_SCHEDULE_TEMP               6258294784
15     MLOG$_RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_LINE          6062604288
16     MTL_TRANSACTION_LOT_NUMBERS          5516427264
17     WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS                     5389287424
18     XXCS_SALES_MATRIX_CTS_DTL_2          4675993600
19     RA_CUST_TRX_LINE_GL_DIST_ALL          3809607680
20     ZX_REP_TRX_DETAIL_T                     3797942272
21     XXCS_SALES_MATRIX_SALES_DATA          3698065408
22     MLOG$_MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSAC          3564634112
23     XXCS_RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_LINES_U1          3269984256
24     MLOG$_MTL_TRANSACTION_LOT_          3174432768
25     AR_DISTRIBUTIONS_ALL               3041263616
26     MLOG$_MTL_ONHAND_QUANTITIE          2833252352
27     OE_PRICE_ADJUSTMENTS               2668625920
28     FND_ENV_CONTEXT                    2499018752
29     MTL_TXN_REQUEST_LINES               2406088704
30     OE_PROCESSING_MSGS_TL               2246311936
31     MLOG$_RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL          2076835840
32     XXCS_ORDERS_DATA               1659240448
33     AR_RECEIVABLE_APPLICATIONS_ALL          1582039040
34     WF_ITEMS                    1580859392
35     RA_CUST_TRX_LINE_SALESREPS_ALL          1519517696
36     OE_PROCESSING_MSGS               1474953216
37     MLOG$_OE_PRICE_ADJUSTMENTS          1370882048
38     XXCS_SALES_MATRIX_D               1276772352
39     RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_ALL               1214251008
40     XXCS_SAP_EXTRACTS_ALL               1173749760
41     IDX$$_2DF80001                    1141506048
42     AR_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES_ALL          1115029504
43     OE_SALES_CREDITS               1109524480
44     OE_PRICE_ADJ_ATTRIBS               1103626240
45     IDX$$_2AD80001                    1038614528
46     XLA_EVENTS                    1037303808
47     MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_PZ_1          1013579776
48     XXCS_SAP_EXTRACTS_B               989855744
49     MRP_SO_LINES_TEMP               978452480
50     WSH_NEW_DELIVERIES               937295872
51     WSH_TRIP_STOPS                    894566400
52     XXCS_SAP_EXTRACTS_ALL_PRN          878182400
53     MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_PZN4          839385088
54     XLA_TRANSACTION_ENTITIES          833093632
55     WSH_DELIVERY_ASSIGNMENTS          804782080
56     XXPZ_OE_ORD_LNES_ALL               790102016
57     RCV_TRANSACTIONS               752222208
58     WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS_N99          724697088
59     XLA_DISTRIBUTION_LINKS               709492736
60     FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS               692715520
61     OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL               684982272
62     MLOG$_AR_PAYMENT_SCHEDULES          632684544
63     XXCS_DATA_POOL                    625213440
64     RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_LINES_ALL_P_1          609091584
65     XXCS_RA_CUSTOMER_TRX_U1               594280448
66     WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS_PZ_1          574095360
67     XXCS_SALES_MATRIX_D_PZ_4          554303488
68     RA_SALES_ORDER_LINE_N13               551157760
69     XXCS_RCTL_LINECONTEXT_IDX          508559360
71     IDX$$_2DDB0007                    471728128
70     AR_CASH_RECEIPTS_ALL               471728128First of all i tried to cop with WSH_EXCEPTIONS , for that i ran the script which mentioned at metalink Note: 842728.1 - Sample API To Purge WSH_EXCEPTIONS Using WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB, but invane sripts given within this document ran successfully with the user WSH (owner of WSH_EXCEPTIONS) but still the size of this table presist as before , how can i purge this table to reclaim space as i am running out of space for database.
the output of that scrip as follows.
SQL> declare
  2  x_msg_count NUMBER;
  3  x_msg_data VARCHAR2(200);
  4  x_return_status VARCHAR2(200);
  5  p_exception_rec WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB.XC_ACTION_REC_TYPE;
  6  begin
  7  FND_GLOBAL.apps_initialize(-1, 51277, 665);
  8  p_exception_rec.status := 'CLOSED';
  9  --call WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB.Exception_Action,
10  WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB.Exception_Action (
11  -- Standard parameters
12  1, --p_api_version
13  NULL, --p_init_msg_list
14  NULL, --p_validation_level
15  FND_API.G_TRUE, --p_commit
16  x_msg_count, --OUT
17  x_msg_data, --OUT
18  x_return_status, --OUT
19  -- Program specific parameters
20  p_exception_rec, --IN OUT
21  'PURGE' --p_action
22  );
23  COMMIT;
24  --
25  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (FND_API.G_TRUE);
26  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (x_msg_count);
27  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (x_msg_data);
28  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (x_return_status);
29  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Purging Change Status');
30  end;
31  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
32 
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34  /
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Purging Change Status
PL/SQL procedure successfully completedEdited by: user13653962 on Sep 11, 2011 11:53 AM

Answer 1

I have found NO_ACTION_REQUIRED exception is to in abundant numbers , following are the output from UAT which is for dated 2 months back , in production it would be doubeld than this one.Anyway when i run the script to Purge WSH_EXCEPTIONS Using WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB [ID 842728.1] for the status NO_ACTION_REQUIRED , it does nothing.How can i purge it please help.
SQL>select count(*),status
      from wsh_exceptions
     group by status
COUNT(*)     STATUS
62575          OPEN
29753088     NO_ACTION_REQUIRED
SQL> declare
  2  x_msg_count NUMBER;
  3  x_msg_data VARCHAR2(200);
  4  x_return_status VARCHAR2(200);
  5  p_exception_rec WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB.XC_ACTION_REC_TYPE;
  6  begin
  7  FND_GLOBAL.apps_initialize(-1, 51277, 665);
  8  p_exception_rec.status := 'NO_ACTION_REQUIRED';
  9  --call WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB.Exception_Action,
10  WSH_EXCEPTIONS_PUB.Exception_Action (
11  -- Standard parameters
12  1, --p_api_version
13  NULL, --p_init_msg_list
14  NULL, --p_validation_level
15  FND_API.G_TRUE, --p_commit
16  x_msg_count, --OUT
17  x_msg_data, --OUT
18  x_return_status, --OUT
19  -- Program specific parameters
20  p_exception_rec, --IN OUT
21  'PURGE' --p_action
22  );
23  COMMIT;
24  --
25  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (FND_API.G_TRUE);
26  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (x_msg_count);
27  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (x_msg_data);
28  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE (x_return_status);
29  DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Purging Change Status');
30  end;
31  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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