Debugging Tasks

Task Builder allows you to visually construct and troubleshoot the steps that an Automate task performs before it is put into production. It contains many debugging tools that makes it faster and easier to find and resolve issues in your task. You can use breakpoints to pause execution and observe certain elements of a specific step in order to pinpoint the cause of an errant task, or use the various run options to navigate through the steps of your task in different ways, including the ability to start execution from a specific step, run only selected steps, or run each step one by one. The Debug panel allows you to view variable and dataset values or evaluate expressions while the task is suspended.

Debugging Tools & Techniques

The table below describes various Task Builder debugging techniques that you can apply in order to test and troubleshoot a task:

Technique	Description
Attachments	Jumps to a particular step in the Steps panel where a breakpoint resides.
Bookmarks	Removes the selected breakpoints. To select multiple breakpoints, hold down CTRL during selection.
Breakpoints	Removes all breakpoints contained in the task.
Comments	Opens the help topic regarding this subject.
Regions	Jumps to a particular step in the Steps panel where a breakpoint resides.
Run Options	Removes the selected breakpoints. To select multiple breakpoints, hold down CTRL during selection.
Watches	Removes all breakpoints contained in the task.