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Robot User Guide
Last updated Jul 1, 2024

Logging and Log Levels

During process execution, the Robot generates a message (Log) for each step along the way. These are gathered and stored in a Log File. The overall operation of gathering and storing Logs is called Logging.

Each Log has a Log Level, which refers to how detailed the generated message is.

Logging Levels refer to the type of severity written in the Log File.

Log Levels in UiPath

Log Level

Logged

Example / Comment

Log File

Output Panel

Orchestrator Log page

Verbose

Activities
Trace {"message":{"DisplayName":"Message box","State":"Executing","Activity":"UiPath.Dialog.Activities.MessageBox","Arguments":{"Caption":"","Text":"String in message BOX"}...
Trace {"message":{"DisplayName":"Message box","State":"Closed","Activity":"UiPath.Dialog.Activities.MessageBox","Arguments":{"Caption":"","Text":"String in message BOX","ChosenButton":"Ok"}

Yes

No

Yes

Verbose

Variables

"Variables":{"NewTransaction":"False"}}

Yes

No

Yes

Verbose

Arguments (properties)

"Arguments":{"Caption":"","Text":"String in message BOX","ChosenButton":"Ok"}

Yes

No

Yes

Trace

Activities

Trace {"message":{"DisplayName":"Main","State":"Executing","Activity":"System.Activities.DynamicActivity"} Trace {"message":{"DisplayName":"Main","State":"Executing","Activity":"System.Activities.Statements.Flowchart"}

Note: These logs are part of the Workflow Tracking logs and can only be seen using Verbose level.

Yes

No

Yes

Trace

WriteLine

Trace {"message":{"DisplayName":"Main","State":"Executing","Activity":"System.Activities.DynamicActivity"}

Trace {"message":{"DisplayName":"Main","State":"Executing","Activity":"System.Activities.Statements.Flowchart"}

Yes

Yes

Yes

Information

Log Message

Info {"message":"message from activity"

Note: Except messages logged with Trace level set in activity.

   

Warning

Warnings

Warn {"message":"Warning from log message activity"

Yes

Yes

Yes

Warning

Errors

Error {"message":"Error from log message activity"

Yes

Yes

Yes

Warning

Critical

Critical Errors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Error

Errors

Error {"message":"Error from log message activity"

Yes

Yes

Yes

Error

Critical

Fatal

Critical Errors

Yes

Yes

Yes

Critical

Critical

Fatal

Critical Errors

Yes

Yes

Yes

OFF

n/a

n/a

No

No

No

Logging Levels in UiPath

Logging Level

Default Logs

User-Defined Logs

Off

None

None

Critical

All messages logged with Critical level or higher.

All messages logged with Critical level or higher.

Error

All messages logged with Error level or higher.

All messages logged with Error level or higher.

Warning

All messages logged with Warning or higher.

All messages logged with Warning or higher.

Information

All messages logged with Information or higher.

All messages logged with Information or higher.

Trace

All messages logged with Trace level or higher.

All messages logged with Trace level or higher.

Verbose

All messages logged with Trace level and Workflow Tracking logs.

All messages logged with Trace level.

The Verbose level logs a message for both the activity start and end, plus the values of the variables and arguments that are used.

By default, the Verbose level includes:

  • Execution Started log entry - generated every time a process is started.
  • Execution Ended log entry - generated every time a process is finalized.
  • Transaction Started log entry - generated every time a transaction item is obtained by the Robot from Orchestrator.
  • Transaction Ended log entry - generated every time the Robot sets the transaction status to either Success or Failed.

  • Activity Information log entry - generated every time an activity is started,faulted or finished inside a process.

    Note: The priority order of the log types is: Verbose < Trace < Information < Warning < Error < Critical < Off.

Log Types

There are several possible occurrences of log messages, depending on the event that is logged, as follows:

Default

Generated by default when the execution of a process starts and ends, when a system error occurs and the execution stops, or when the logging settings are configured to log the execution of every activity.

Note: These logs have the Default value in the logType field.

The events logged by this category are:

  • Execution Start is generated every time a process is started. This is logged starting with the Information logging level.
  • Execution End is generated every time a process is finalized. This is logged starting with the Information logging level.
  • Transaction Start is generated every time a transaction within a process is started. This is logged starting with the Information logging level.
  • Transaction End is generated every time a transaction within a process is finalized. This is logged starting with the Information logging level.
  • Error Log is generated every time the execution encounters an error and stops. This is logged starting with the Error logging level.
  • Debugging Log is generated if the Robot Logging Setting is set to Verbose and contains activity names, types, variable values, arguments, etc. This is logged starting with the Trace logging level.

User-Defined

Generated according to the process designed by the user in Studio, when using the Log Message activity or the Write Line activity.

Note: These logs have the User value in the logType field.

Log Fields

There are multiple types of log fields that can be found throughout the above log message types. These can be classified as follows:

Default fields

  • Message - The log message.
  • Level - Defines the log severity.
  • Timestamp - The exact date and time the action was performed.
  • FileName - The name of the .xaml file being executed.
  • jobId - The key of the job running the process.
  • processName - The name of the process that triggered the logging.
  • processVersion - The version number of the process.
  • windowsIdentity - The name of the user that performed the action that was logged.

  • robotName - The name of the Robot (as defined in Orchestrator).

    Note: The processName and processVersion fields do not appear in logs if the process is run locally, without being connected to Orchestrator.

Type-specific fields

These logs are present depending on the log type.

Execution End
  • totalExecutionTimeInSeconds
  • totalExecutionTime
Transaction Start
  • queueName
  • transactionID
  • transactionState
Transaction End
  • queueName
  • transactionID
  • transactionState
  • transactionStatus
  • transactionExecutionTime
  • processingExceptionType
  • processingExceptionReason
  • queueItemReviewStatus
  • queueItemPriority
Debugging Log
activityInfo, which is a JSON message with the following fields:
  • DisplayName
  • State (Faulted, Closed, Executing)
  • Activity

  • Arguments

Note: Only totalExecutionTimeInSeconds, totalExecutionTime and queueName are always present in the log messages. Variables and Arguments usually have sub-fields.

User-defined fields

These fields are defined in Studio by using the Add Log Fields activity and appear in all subsequent logs after the activity is generated, unless they are removed by the Remove Log Fields activity.

Note: When defining Custom Log Fields make sure to also check the naming against the Default Log Fields to avoid conflicting information in the Log Files over the same Log Fields or corrupt log files. Having the same naming convention for both Custom and Default Log Fields can also impact the Process you are running.
  • Log Levels in UiPath
  • Logging Levels in UiPath
  • Log Types
  • Default
  • User-Defined
  • Log Fields
  • Default fields
  • Type-specific fields
  • User-defined fields

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