How to get Exception source “Activity Description name”
When exceptions occur in a UIPath project I have an email that is sent out with the exception info included. There seems to be an issue though where I can only see where the error occured by looking at the selector information such as:
Cannot find the UI element corresponding to this selector:
<html app='chrome.exe' title='Microsoft Dynamics GP' />
<webctrl aaname='Add' idx='1'
parentid='a00000000000000008549000000030009000000000001000000000000' tag='DIV' />
This info and the stack trace or any other info is not really helpful for quickly finding the source of the problem. I have looked through the UIPath documentation and forum and found only the this question, which seemed to point to using the exception.Source to show the name of the activity where the error occurred. exception.Source only returns “UiPath.Core.Activities” though instead of "Type into Copy Job# 'INPUT'" in the following example:
This obviously causes a big problem with exception handling. How can I easily return the source with each exception?
automation uipath
asked Nov 27 '18 at 21:48
MUlfertsMUlferts
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When exceptions occur in a UIPath project I have an email that is sent out with the exception info included. There seems to be an issue though where I can only see where the error occured by looking at the selector information such as:
Cannot find the UI element corresponding to this selector:
<html app='chrome.exe' title='Microsoft Dynamics GP' />
<webctrl aaname='Add' idx='1'
parentid='a00000000000000008549000000030009000000000001000000000000' tag='DIV' />
This info and the stack trace or any other info is not really helpful for quickly finding the source of the problem. I have looked through the UIPath documentation and forum and found only the this question, which seemed to point to using the exception.Source to show the name of the activity where the error occurred. exception.Source only returns “UiPath.Core.Activities” though instead of "Type into Copy Job# 'INPUT'" in the following example:
This obviously causes a big problem with exception handling. How can I easily return the source with each exception?
automation uipath
asked Nov 27 '18 at 21:48
MUlfertsMUlferts
7391819
add a comment |
When exceptions occur in a UIPath project I have an email that is sent out with the exception info included. There seems to be an issue though where I can only see where the error occured by looking at the selector information such as:
Cannot find the UI element corresponding to this selector:
<html app='chrome.exe' title='Microsoft Dynamics GP' />
<webctrl aaname='Add' idx='1'
parentid='a00000000000000008549000000030009000000000001000000000000' tag='DIV' />
This info and the stack trace or any other info is not really helpful for quickly finding the source of the problem. I have looked through the UIPath documentation and forum and found only the this question, which seemed to point to using the exception.Source to show the name of the activity where the error occurred. exception.Source only returns “UiPath.Core.Activities” though instead of "Type into Copy Job# 'INPUT'" in the following example:
This obviously causes a big problem with exception handling. How can I easily return the source with each exception?
automation uipath
asked Nov 27 '18 at 21:48
MUlfertsMUlferts
7391819
When exceptions occur in a UIPath project I have an email that is sent out with the exception info included. There seems to be an issue though where I can only see where the error occured by looking at the selector information such as:
Cannot find the UI element corresponding to this selector:
<html app='chrome.exe' title='Microsoft Dynamics GP' />
<webctrl aaname='Add' idx='1'
parentid='a00000000000000008549000000030009000000000001000000000000' tag='DIV' />
This info and the stack trace or any other info is not really helpful for quickly finding the source of the problem. I have looked through the UIPath documentation and forum and found only the this question, which seemed to point to using the exception.Source to show the name of the activity where the error occurred. exception.Source only returns “UiPath.Core.Activities” though instead of "Type into Copy Job# 'INPUT'" in the following example:
This obviously causes a big problem with exception handling. How can I easily return the source with each exception?
automation uipath
automation uipath
asked Nov 27 '18 at 21:48
MUlfertsMUlferts
7391819
asked Nov 27 '18 at 21:48
MUlfertsMUlferts
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MUlfertsMUlferts
7391819
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When your selector fails, you will end up with a new object of type UiPath.Core.SelectorNotFoundException. However, until the team at UiPath decides to add the Display Name into the inner exception, there is little you can do in this particular case.
Take the following example - the first line shows the Inner Exception, and the second one in red is essentially just the exception being rethrown. Note that only the latter one contains the Display Name property.
The Source itself will usually be of type UiPath.Core.Activities, but since this is just the type's name, we don't have any link to the faulting object. Here's what you can do:
- Add some details to your exception. You don't want to do this for each activity, but you could have certain blocks of try-catches (example: logging into the system consists of three individual activites, and they reside in one block).
- Rethrow the exception. That way the Display Name will end up in the execution log file.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
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When your selector fails, you will end up with a new object of type UiPath.Core.SelectorNotFoundException. However, until the team at UiPath decides to add the Display Name into the inner exception, there is little you can do in this particular case.
Take the following example - the first line shows the Inner Exception, and the second one in red is essentially just the exception being rethrown. Note that only the latter one contains the Display Name property.
The Source itself will usually be of type UiPath.Core.Activities, but since this is just the type's name, we don't have any link to the faulting object. Here's what you can do:
- Add some details to your exception. You don't want to do this for each activity, but you could have certain blocks of try-catches (example: logging into the system consists of three individual activites, and they reside in one block).
- Rethrow the exception. That way the Display Name will end up in the execution log file.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
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When your selector fails, you will end up with a new object of type UiPath.Core.SelectorNotFoundException. However, until the team at UiPath decides to add the Display Name into the inner exception, there is little you can do in this particular case.
Take the following example - the first line shows the Inner Exception, and the second one in red is essentially just the exception being rethrown. Note that only the latter one contains the Display Name property.
The Source itself will usually be of type UiPath.Core.Activities, but since this is just the type's name, we don't have any link to the faulting object. Here's what you can do:
- Add some details to your exception. You don't want to do this for each activity, but you could have certain blocks of try-catches (example: logging into the system consists of three individual activites, and they reside in one block).
- Rethrow the exception. That way the Display Name will end up in the execution log file.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
add a comment |
When your selector fails, you will end up with a new object of type UiPath.Core.SelectorNotFoundException. However, until the team at UiPath decides to add the Display Name into the inner exception, there is little you can do in this particular case.
Take the following example - the first line shows the Inner Exception, and the second one in red is essentially just the exception being rethrown. Note that only the latter one contains the Display Name property.
The Source itself will usually be of type UiPath.Core.Activities, but since this is just the type's name, we don't have any link to the faulting object. Here's what you can do:
- Add some details to your exception. You don't want to do this for each activity, but you could have certain blocks of try-catches (example: logging into the system consists of three individual activites, and they reside in one block).
- Rethrow the exception. That way the Display Name will end up in the execution log file.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
When your selector fails, you will end up with a new object of type UiPath.Core.SelectorNotFoundException. However, until the team at UiPath decides to add the Display Name into the inner exception, there is little you can do in this particular case.
Take the following example - the first line shows the Inner Exception, and the second one in red is essentially just the exception being rethrown. Note that only the latter one contains the Display Name property.
The Source itself will usually be of type UiPath.Core.Activities, but since this is just the type's name, we don't have any link to the faulting object. Here's what you can do:
- Add some details to your exception. You don't want to do this for each activity, but you could have certain blocks of try-catches (example: logging into the system consists of three individual activites, and they reside in one block).
- Rethrow the exception. That way the Display Name will end up in the execution log file.
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
answered Dec 4 '18 at 21:34
Wolfgang RadlWolfgang Radl
1,24721015
1,24721015
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
add a comment |
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
Ok, that is a nice trick to know. This helps for being able to at least review logs to find exactly where the error happened since I was already rethrowing errors. It would really be nice if UIPath provided this error detail so that I could easily email myself everything. Either way, this will work for an alternate way to find the issue. Thanks.
– MUlferts
Dec 6 '18 at 21:38
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
@MUlferts - Submit an idea! - forum.uipath.com/c/user-voice/ideas
– codemonkee
Jan 6 at 8:23
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