Because bots are typically used on an unattended computer, no one is
available to click OK to continue processing when an error occurs.
Use the Begin/End Error Handling statements to gracefully handle
error dialogs.
When added to a task, the Error Handling allows us to gracefully handle any errors that
occur.
Handle errors as follows:
- Take Snapshot: It saves a snapshot of the screen at the moment of the error.
A screenshot is sometimes the best way to determine the cause of an error when
running on an unattended Bot Runner.
- Run Task: Starts a new Task when an error occurs. This Task can do functions,
for example, cleaning up temporary files.
- Log Data into File: Writes a new log entry into the specified log file. This
log entry can also contain a time stamp, which is useful for determining exactly
when the error occurred. Using the system variables for $Error Line
Number$ and $Error Description$ provides useful
data for the log.
- Send Email: Sends an emailed error report which can contain a screenshot of
the error (see Take Snapshot) and variable values to help troubleshoot the
issue.
- Variable Assignment: Sets a value to a specific variable. This is useful for
tracking whether an error occurred in the task, then doing other events, for
example, logging task successes and failures.
- Set Task Status: Reports a Fail or Pass condition to the Enterprise Control Room on an error. The Pass condition is useful when an error
condition is expected but you want to ignore it and continue.
Bot Store requirements for error handling
Every bot submitted to the Bot Store must have an error
handling mechanism and an error folder structure as follows:
All
bot code must handle errors as follows:
Important:
.Bot submissions that do not follow
error handling requirements are rejected.
In Naming conventions,
you learn about naming your Digital Worker and the accompanying files.