Email on workflow failure...just need the error message only ..not the entire output log

Question

Hi All,

Thanks for your time, been searching for this but do not find any solution or an example.

Would like to use the events within the designer to generated an email with the following (Not using the Email tool)

Application Name, User,

is there any way i can just get the error message of the workflow failure. I do not want to %outputlog% as this will attach the entire document to the email

thanks a lot

Raj_007 · Answer

Thanks a lot Dan

danilang · Answer

Hi @Raj_007

There is no way to have only the error listed.  Your options are either the whole log or nothing at all.  If you're running Alteryx  2021.4 and use outlook, you might be able to use the Outlook 365 Input tool got get the text of the message and then parse it to find the error.

Another option is is to copy the log to an editor that allows for advanced searches.  Error messages in the log always start with the word "Error", so search for Error at the start of the line.  In NotePad++ your search would look like this

Dan