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Hi All, 

 

I have a web flow that pulls data from a excel sheet and writes back to excel after it completes each task. 

 

It puts dynamic search criteria in a search box > clicks search > clicks a link > clicks a pop up > clinks a second link > clicks a third link > selects a dynamic option from a list (repeats another time if there is data in that field) > clicks a button > grabs current date time > writes back to excel twice with time stamp and "complete".  

 

This front end web portal is tied to my AD log in and logs in automatically, it only works if I am logged in though a VPN. 

 

The issue arises when one of 2 scenarios occurs. If my VPN drops the site will ask me to log in again though a pop up or if there is a loss of connection to the web portal the same thing happens.

 

A few months ago this would throw an error which I could then just  restart the flow. Now it just continues to go through the steps as if the web portal as still active  even though there is no way any of the UI elements are present. 

 

Anyone run into this issue? Is there a fix? 

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  • VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    You can make use of this action to check whether a specific element is present or not and if not then route your Flow accordingly.

     

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  • jogden1 Profile Picture
    on at

    I was thought about that also, I didn't do it because each step is looking for a UI element already and PAD is somehow missing that. I'll try it though maybe it will force it to look. 

    thanks! 

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