Errors, Warnings, and Informational Messages

You can see if a workflow instance encountered an error, warning, or informational message in the Search Results Pane or in the Message Tab of the workflow instance details.

• Error: An unexpected event that permanently prevents the workflow from continuing. Show me an example.

  Example: A Move Entry activity is configured to move an expense report into the Accounting folder. If the expense report is deleted before the Move Entry activity runs, the workflow will end with an error.
  

• Warning: An unexpected event that does not prevent a workflow from continuing. Show me an example.

  Example: A workflow contains an Add Sticky Note activity. When a folder goes through the workflow instead of a document, the following warning appears in the Message Tab of the workflow instance details: "Annotations can only be added to documents. The entry is a folder." The workflow will continue even though a sticky note was not added to the entry.

• Informational Message: An event that produces additional information when a workflow instance runs. Show me an example.

Example: The Find Entries activity returns all the entries in a specified folder. The informational message for this activity will list how many entries the activity found.