On Error, send an email with the Error message?

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Hi,

I have an always-on VM with some Power Automate Desktop attended flows triggered by a scheduled flow.

Currently, I have a Subflow that runs after any error is encountered which takes a screenshot then emails it to me.

What I'd also like included in the email is the actual error message from the error that was encountered, but I can't figure out how to pull the info.

So how would I have it email me, for example, the below runtime error?

Thanks

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PetrosF-MSFT Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @Cayshin

Within the error handling window of the Action that calls the "Error report" subflow, you could try setting the possible error into a variable (before calling the subflow).
That way, we have the error into a variable, so you could send that variable through an email.

It's not the optimal solution, but I hope it helps!

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Thanks @PetrosF-MSFT , that's kind of what I'm asking. ~~How do I set the error into a variable?~~
~~I would add Set Variable action, but then what do I actually set it to? %Error%?~~

*Edit* - Nevermind, I see what you're saying. Something like this?

This would be fine if there were only a few possible failure points. I was hoping for something I can put under the "All Errors" section as a generic catch-all method, so I only have to set one rule per action, instead of 1-4+.

Some actions, like a "Wait for Window" have multiple ways they could fail, so using the suggested method would mean creating 4x as many error rules.

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I was told MS programmers are currently working on Exception (Try-Catch) blocks and it should be available soon. There was function in WinAutomation to get last exception, which would get you the error message. I expect it to be implemented alongside the exception block...

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Haha, the new version was just released. It has the "On block error" functionality, which is a clumsy name for Try-Catch

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