The "On block error" execute first than the line error management. I don't want that

[BLabat83]

Hello to all,

I have a question and I hope you can give me a hand.

I have included an "On block error", but I have also included in a line an error management (it waits for a window to appear for a certain time), but when the error occurs, instead of doing the error management of the line first, it does directly the "On Block error".

Is there any way to make it do the line error management first?

Thank you all!

[Agnius]

It should in general do the action level error handling first and only trigger the On block error if there is no error handling at the action level, or the action level rules are set to throw an error instead of continue the flow.

Can you share some screenshots of the actions and provide some more context on what you expect them to do, and what theh actually do?

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[BLabat83]

@Agnius , you answer faster than my wife the whatsapps! Thank you very much!

Sure, I attach some screenshots. Sorry they are in Spanish.

The only thing I want is that if the screen timeout is longer than one minute, it goes to the next action.

- These are the Action screenshots:

- These are the Block error:

Thanks again!

[Agnius]

Your setup seems to be correct. Are you sure the On block error is triggered by this specific action? Can it be that something else fails? Maybe if the wait times out due to the element not appearing on the screen, the following step fails?

[BLabat83]

The following actions are simple and come with a conditional. I attach screenshots.

How can I know which action is causing the error? Can you think of a system to log line errors?
   

[Agnius · Accepted solution]

It seems like your On block error is calling a sub-flow. Add a Get last error action into your subflow and then write the error into a text file using Write text to file or something like that. This would give you a quick indication of what exactly failed.

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[BLabat83]

This sound awesome!! Thanks!!!!! 

[BLabat83]

Hello again @Agnius ,

I finally implemented the error log and I see that the error block is executed when it exceeds the time, instead of execute the error management of the action.

Any idea how to make it error management first instead of the block?

Thanks!

[Agnius]

Normally, that is actually the way it works. The whole idea of it is that action-level error handling has priority over the error block. No idea why it would act otherwise and I have never had a case like that, but I do quite frequently use Wait for window, Wait for window content, Wait for web page content or Wait for image in this exact way inside error blocks.

I would suggest you make sure you're running on the latest version of PAD and then raise a ticket with MS support.

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[BLabat83]

Thank you @Agnius.!! I'll let you know any news

[BLabat83]

I have already discovered the problem!

I have configured the error block to continue at the end of the error block when it is executed. I have set it like the second image you see and now it works perfectly in the error handling of the action (continues with the next action in case of error).

 

 

Thanks for your help!

[Agnius]

Yes, well, this will do the trick, but really, it will cause issues if you have errors on other actions.

I still think this is a bug and you should talk to MS about it. Normally, action-level rules must apply first and the On block error should only trigger if an error is thrown by an action. If action-level rules handle the error, it should not trigger.