Continue activity error-'activity can only be place inside a loop'

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Hi guys, Please assist here. I am checking if an element exist then after I have my if condition to say it it’s true that it exists then skip and start again to search

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@Anelisa_Bolosha1

There is no need to put continue.

If your element exists
if:condition
actions
else

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Hi @Anelisa_Bolosha1

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Regards,

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Hi @Anelisa_Bolosha1

Continue Activity is use under any Loop like For Each, While or Do While.

Instead of Continue, you can use IF Activity to check the condition.

Hope it will helps you to understand :slight_smile:

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Hi @Anelisa_Bolosha1

Continue activity has to be use inside the loop only, Are you using any loop for iteration, and you are checking the element exist inside loop,
→ If yes, then in then block in If condition place the Break activity to break the loop if element exist.
→ If not just ignore the else block. it will go for next iteration no need to use continue activity.

Hope it helps!!

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Hi @Anelisa_Bolosha1 ,

You can use the do while loop to retry the process until your element appears.

Thanks,
Vinit Mhatre

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we recommend to workout the goal on what is to achieve (feel free to share it with us) and then check the different modelling options

  • Loops
  • retry scope
  • Split xamls
  • …

The validations message is in relation where this activity can be used as also said by others above

But lets keep in mind:

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Hi @mkankatala , it’s not in a loop just an if condition

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If it it does exist, it’s just going to write in an excel file if it doesn’t then do another thing

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Okay @Anelisa_Bolosha1

Then the Continue will not work here.

If element exist then the bot will go to then block, insert excel activities in it.
If element doesn’t exist then the bot will go to else block, insert other activities to move forward.

You have done the correct thing I think… @Anelisa_Bolosha1

Is there any other condition if the element doesn’t exist.

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Alright, thank you so much guys…no other condition

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It’s my pleasure… @Anelisa_Bolosha1

Happy Automation!!

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