topic Re: WorkFlow - stop if no data was retrivied from the API in Automations

WorkFlow - stop if no data was retrivied from the API

y_buccellato — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:24:00 GMT

Good morning community,

I'm using workflow to retrieve data from D365 and then push it to Dynatrace.
Sometimes the call to the api doesn't provide any data and push_log_to_dynatrace step will fail. (see image)

I was wondering: how can I put a condition that stop the flow if no data was retrieved from the API?

Regards

Re: WorkFlow - stop if no data was retrivied from the API

Peter_Youssef — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 07:57:47 GMT

Hello @y_buccellato

PFA resource for further details:

https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/workflows-building#task-options

Hoping it helps.

BR,

Peter

Re: WorkFlow - stop if no data was retrivied from the API

y_buccellato — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:12:03 GMT

Unfortunately no, but I appreciate your help.

Condition should be "if you have no value in the array then gracefully stop the execution" and I don't find a practical reference to do that.

I revert back to using Power Automate which has an extensive documentation and use case already covred.

Thank you

Re: WorkFlow - stop if no data was retrivied from the API

christian_kreuz — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:02:10 GMT

You can use Task Conditions to enable/disable a Task based on a previous task. In this particular case, you can use the length filter.

For example, on the task post_log_into_dynatrace, switch to Conditions, and try out the following expression in the "And custom condition was met" field:

This should lead to this specific task not being executed when the result is an empty list.

Hope this helps!

Re: WorkFlow - stop if no data was retrivied from the API

Peter_Youssef — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:05:07 GMT

Hi @christian_kreuz

Appreciated attempt.

BR,

Peter