topic Re: External program task fails without logs in Management & Governance

External program task fails without logs

matKa — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:24:48 GMT

In latest versions it's possible to edit external tasks in QMC. I did just like instructions above but directly in QMC. The task fails though right after running it. I can't download any logs all I get is:

Changing task state from Started to FinishedFail

ExitCode: 1

How can I troubleshoot this?

Re: External program task fails without logs

Lisa_Sun — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 07:53:01 GMT

What type of external program? Any screen shot for replication?

You can follow Qlik Sense - Create an external program running a Powershell Script and do a test.

Re: External program task fails without logs

matKa — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 10:45:18 GMT

I want to run powershell script.

Re: External program task fails without logs

paulcalvet — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:46:53 GMT

Hello,

I have the same problem, did you find the solution ?

I don't find an exemple with the parameters for launch powershell

Regards

Re: External program task fails without logs

AV1 — Fri, 13 May 2022 08:07:59 GMT

Hi,

I'm also facing the same problem. Did you find solution ? I want to run powershell script from tasks but not sure how to do it.

Re: External program task fails without logs

francesco_menin — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:00:13 GMT

hi, I've been encountering this issue with a script that deletes files from a list stored into a CSV (which in turn is generated from a QS app).

The script works fine with an admin user from the same machine and even using the Windows Task Scheduler.

we've been using QS Feb 2022 P3.

Re: External program task fails without logs

stijn_verhoeff — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 16:26:51 GMT

Just in case this helps someone:

When entering the path of a Powershell script into the External program task's Parameter field, make sure that neither the path, nor the script's filename itself contains any spaces.

We created a task based on Qlik's example post, but it failed instantly with the same ExitCode1. We removed the spaces from the folders and filename, changed the Parameter value accordingly and hey presto: it worked.

Re: External program task fails without logs

RafaelBarrios — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 23:02:26 GMT

Hi @matKa

It’s an external task, Qlik Sense will not have the logs.

you have to implement the logs entries in the external application.

so, if this external application is a powershell script, your script will need to save a .log file for you

hope this helps,

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