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Logging data in loops

cc-sean — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 21:22:21 GMT

I'm fairly new to Workato and feel like I'm missing something basic.

In a For-Each loop I sometimes need to log/debug what happened at each step of the loop. When I view the logs it only seems to show the last step in the loop. Is there a way to view the logs for each step in the loop?

Thanks!

Re: Logging data in loops

shivakumara — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 14:52:05 GMT

Hi @cc-sean ,

All Developers go with this pain, but for testing purpose we log the input from the loop.
Here is screenshots
Image_1 : Adding Value from the {For each loop}

Note : Make sure that you toggle the "Send to Workato log service" as it is highlighted in Blue color.

Image_2: Output showing in the Logs { Tools -> Logs}
Here we can check all the values coming from loop.

Hope I solved your issues for time being. I will check is there way to handle it without using logs.

Image_2: logs
Image_1

Thanks and regards,
Shiv Avadhani

Re: Logging data in loops

cc-sean — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:20:54 GMT

Thanks that helps!

Re: Logging data in loops

blakesha — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 03:50:24 GMT

Be VERY careful with this, as each call to the Logger counts as a Task in your allotment. This can quickly become a very expensive way to debug your code.

Re: Logging data in loops

shivakumara — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 04:04:28 GMT

Hi @blakesha ,

The recipe above is not an ideal way to handle this, but the question above was related to debugging.
The optimal solution can be: have a variable in the form of a list (batch), which also save the tasks.

Thanks and regards,
Shivakumara Avadhani