The document discusses a session on techniques for exception planning, error handling, debugging, and alpha testing in robotic process automation (RPA). It provides an agenda that covers exception planning during project planning in session 1, error handling tools and methods in session 2, and debugging and alpha testing in session 3. The document also lists common error handling tools in UiPath Studio like try/catch, element exists, and logging and provides demos of these tools.

1. Exception Planning, Error
Handling, Debugging, &
Alpha Testing
How to plan for known and unknown exceptions;
where to anticipate exceptions; tools for error
handling, how to debug and alpha test your
automations

2. Error Handling Tools and
Methods

3. Diana Gray
Community Marketing
Manager AMER
@UiPath
Meet today’s team:
Chris Bolin
Senior RPA Engineer –
GameStop, Inc.
2X UiPath MVP
Priya Darshini
UiPath MVP RPA Solutions Architect
4X UiPath MVP
Naveen Chatlapalli
Solution Architect
Ashling Partners

4. 4
UiPath Developer Meetings:
• AMER Developer Community sessions
• Managed by UiPath MVPs in Canada, Latin America & USA
• You are encouraged to network with MVPs and share your LinkedIn url in the
chat box. We want to get to know you !
• These sessions are for you to engage with us on topics that interest you or that
you want to share with the UiPath Developer Community
• Please use the chat to place questions until Q&A
• If you have any topics that you want us to cover, please email
diana.gray@uipath.com

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Date/Time Topic Status
Sept 11,
3 PM CDT
UiPath Tips and Techniques for Exception Planning - Session 1 Recorded
Sept 18,
3 PM CDT
UiPath Tips and Techniques for Error Handling - Session 2 Happening Now
Sept 25,
3 PM CDT
UiPath Tips and Techniques for Debugging - Session 3 Register
Register for Events at community.uipath.com

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1. Session 1 – Exception Planning
during Project Planning
2. Session 2 – Error Handling Tools and
Methods
3. Session 3 – Debugging and Alpha
Testing
Agenda Slide

7. 7
• Try Catch
• Element Exists
• With If/Else
• On Element Appear/Vanish
• Get Attribute
• Anchoring
• Robust Selectors
• Logging
• Should Stop
• Wait for Download
• Navigate To
• Set Focus
• Retry Scope
Common Studio Tools

8. 8
Demos
Studio Tools

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“The first rule of any technology used in a business is
that automation applied to an efficient operation will
magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation
applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the
inefficiency.”
Bill Gates