Perform a new set of actions when an error occurs
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Perform a new set of actions when an error occurs

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In case your agent encounters an error while it's processing a web page—usually the Element Not Found error—you can configure the agent to run a different set of actions, rather than just stopping. This is especially useful when harvesting data from websites that use different layouts within a series of web pages. It gives you the ability to handle the page differences on a case-by-case basis.

You can define error handling in two places in the Agent Builder:

  • The Action Properties panel (which can be done at any time)
  • The Error Handling panel when an error occurs.

The Action Properties panel

  1. Right-click an action you want to add error handling to, then click Properties > ERROR HANDLING.

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  1. Choose what to do if the agent encounters an error.

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  1. Click SAVE.

The Error Handling panel

  1. In the Element Not Found panel, click This is the wrong page.

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  1. In the left panel, click:
  • Existing Page if you have already created a page with the alternate actions you want to perform.
  • New Page if no alternate actions have been created for the current web page.

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  1. Click SAVE.
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