diff --git a/db/migrations/011_batch_deletion_work_items.sql b/db/migrations/011_batch_deletion_work_items.sql
index 772c2cb..98d45b8 100644
--- a/db/migrations/011_batch_deletion_work_items.sql
+++ b/db/migrations/011_batch_deletion_work_items.sql
@@ -68,7 +68,54 @@ begin
        
         -- Now remove the work_item_id column from deletion requests
 		alter table deletion_requests drop column work_item_id;
-		
+
+
+		drop view if exists work_items_view; 
+
+		CREATE OR REPLACE VIEW public.work_items_view
+		AS SELECT wi.id,
+			wi.institution_id,
+			i.name AS institution_name,
+			i.identifier AS institution_identifier,
+			wi.intellectual_object_id,
+			io.identifier AS object_identifier,
+			io.alt_identifier,
+			io.bag_group_identifier,
+			io.storage_option,
+			io.bagit_profile_identifier,
+			io.source_organization,
+			io.internal_sender_identifier,
+			wi.generic_file_id,
+			gf.identifier AS generic_file_identifier,
+			wi.name,
+			wi.etag,
+			wi.bucket,
+			wi."user",
+			wi.note,
+			wi.action,
+			wi.stage,
+			wi.status,
+			wi.outcome,
+			wi.bag_date,
+			wi.date_processed,
+			wi.retry,
+			wi.node,
+			wi.pid,
+			wi.needs_admin_review,
+			wi.size,
+			wi.queued_at,
+			wi.stage_started_at,
+			wi.aptrust_approver,
+			wi.inst_approver,
+			wi.deletion_request_id,
+			wi.created_at,
+			wi.updated_at
+		FROM work_items wi
+			LEFT JOIN institutions i ON wi.institution_id = i.id
+			LEFT JOIN intellectual_objects io ON wi.intellectual_object_id = io.id
+			LEFT JOIN generic_files gf ON wi.generic_file_id = gf.id;
+
+
 	end if;
 end
 $$;
diff --git a/member_api_v3.yml b/member_api_v3.yml
index 7f11855..73df11b 100644
--- a/member_api_v3.yml
+++ b/member_api_v3.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ openapi: 3.0.0
 info:
   title: APTrust Registry Member API
   description: Open API documentation for version 3 of the APTrust Member API.
-  version: '3.0'
+  version: '3.0.1'
   contact:
     email: "help@aptrust.org"
   license:
@@ -800,6 +800,11 @@ components:
           type: string
           format: date-time
           description: The date and time of last known activity on this work item. This timestamp may change several times during multipart processes such as ingest.
+        deletion_request_id:
+          type: integer
+          format: int64
+          description: The ID of the file or object deletion request related to this item. This will be null for all actions other than Delete.
+          nullable: false
         etag:
           type: string
           description: The etag of tar file uploaded for ingest.
diff --git a/pgmodels/work_item_view.go b/pgmodels/work_item_view.go
index e4ccbc7..f5b1041 100644
--- a/pgmodels/work_item_view.go
+++ b/pgmodels/work_item_view.go
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ type WorkItemView struct {
 	StageStartedAt           time.Time `json:"stage_started_at" pg:"stage_started_at"`
 	APTrustApprover          string    `json:"aptrust_approver" pg:"aptrust_approver"`
 	InstApprover             string    `json:"inst_approver" pg:"inst_approver"`
+	DeletionRequestID        int64     `json:"deletion_request_id" pg:"deletion_request_id"`
 	CreatedAt                time.Time `json:"created_at" pg:"created_at"`
 	UpdatedAt                time.Time `json:"updated_at" pg:"updated_at"`
 }
diff --git a/views/deletions/approved_object.html b/views/deletions/approved_object.html
index f7c006d..f12c0ec 100644
--- a/views/deletions/approved_object.html
+++ b/views/deletions/approved_object.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
     <p>All files belonging to thes objects will be deleted from preservation storage shortly. We'll retain a tombstone record of the object and its files along with PREMIS events recording when each item was deleted and at whose request.</p>
 
-    <p><a href="/work_items/show/{{ .deletionRequest.WorkItemID }}">Work Item #{{ .deletionRequest.WorkItemID }}</a> shows the status of this deletion.</p>
+    <p>Check the <a href="/work_items">Work Items list</a> to see the status of this deletion.</p>
 
     <a class="button mr-3" href="/deletions">Back to Deletions List</a>
   </div>
diff --git a/web/webui/deletion.go b/web/webui/deletion.go
index 813fead..76ff74a 100644
--- a/web/webui/deletion.go
+++ b/web/webui/deletion.go
@@ -243,10 +243,18 @@ func (del *Deletion) initObjectDeletionRequest(institutionID int64, objIDs []int
 // CreateWorkItem creates a WorkItem describing this deletion. We call
 // this only if the admin approves the deletion.
 func (del *Deletion) CreateObjDeletionWorkItem(obj *pgmodels.IntellectualObject) error {
+	if del.DeletionRequest == nil || del.DeletionRequest.ID == 0 {
+		errMsg := "Cannot create deletion work item because deletion request id is zero."
+		common.Context().Log.Error().Msgf(errMsg)
+		return fmt.Errorf(errMsg)
+	}
+	common.Context().Log.Warn().Msgf("Creating deletion work item for object %d - %s", obj.ID, obj.Identifier)
 	workItem, err := pgmodels.NewDeletionItem(obj, nil, del.DeletionRequest.RequestedBy, del.DeletionRequest.ConfirmedBy, del.DeletionRequest.ID)
 	if err != nil {
+		common.Context().Log.Error().Msgf(err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
+	common.Context().Log.Warn().Msgf("Created deletion work item %d with deletion request id %d", workItem.ID, workItem.DeletionRequestID)
 	del.DeletionRequest.WorkItems = append(del.DeletionRequest.WorkItems, workItem)
 	return nil
 }