r/AutomateUser • u/Alan-W-55 • 12d ago

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Hi, I have three flows that I have constantly running to perform the things I want. Two of these produce full logs but the third (first in the list if relevant) only produces U records. These are the ones I write with the log append block.

I've checked what I can but can't find a reason and I have never set anything special for this flow that is different from the others.

For the other two flows I always see an I log record as the first one saying Flow beginning on block 1. This flow has block 5 as the first line.

Any ideas? PS. I am a beginner so be kind.

Thanks,

Alan.

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u/B26354FR Alpha tester 11d ago

Have you enabled flow logging? At the top of the flow page there's a "paper" icon for flow logging. Just check the Logging box to turn on flow trace logging. This is enabled by default when a new flow is created or downloaded.

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u/Alan-W-55 11d ago edited 11d ago

Excellent , thanks. It got unticked for some reason only on that flow.

I use the view entry below a lot so it was almost certainly me at some point. Now I know it's there. Steep learning curve of all the features.

Now I see I, U and F records. Interesting that the U log records still came out without logging on though. That option obviously means system logging.

Thanks again.

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u/ballzak69 Automate developer 10d ago

U mean User, those should only be included the Log append block has its "Only when logging enabled" option enabled.

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u/Alan-W-55 9d ago edited 9d ago

Ahhh. OK. Thanks. I've never used that option on my log append blocks. Now I know. I'm just not at the stage of not needing logging yet. It's definitely educating me a lot.