topic Call external command/script when task fails in QlikView https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Call-external-command-script-when-task-fails/m-p/191947#M1323812 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Situation: I have a set of QV Dokuments (located in the same directory) which are executed in a task chain (start task on event from another task). Each document has creation of log files enabled.</P><P>I would like to implement following behaviour:</P><UL><LI>If the execution of one of the tasks fails I want to move all log files to a specific location on the file system</LI></UL><P>Do you have any suggestions how to implement this behaviour?</P><P>The only solution if currently found is to add a "faild.task" to each of the tasks in the chain which could perform the movement of the log files. This is cumbersome and error-prone. Is there an other way?</P><P>In a chain of tasks I would like to have a "call-back-hook" which is executed when one of the tasks fails.</P><P>Moving files: currently I use an external script (actually it is an ant script) which does the job. Is there a better QV-way to move files?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z Call external command/script when task fails https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Call-external-command-script-when-task-fails/m-p/191947#M1323812 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Situation: I have a set of QV Dokuments (located in the same directory) which are executed in a task chain (start task on event from another task). Each document has creation of log files enabled.</P><P>I would like to implement following behaviour:</P><UL><LI>If the execution of one of the tasks fails I want to move all log files to a specific location on the file system</LI></UL><P>Do you have any suggestions how to implement this behaviour?</P><P>The only solution if currently found is to add a "faild.task" to each of the tasks in the chain which could perform the movement of the log files. This is cumbersome and error-prone. Is there an other way?</P><P>In a chain of tasks I would like to have a "call-back-hook" which is executed when one of the tasks fails.</P><P>Moving files: currently I use an external script (actually it is an ant script) which does the job. Is there a better QV-way to move files?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/QlikView/Call-external-command-script-when-task-fails/m-p/191947#M1323812 2026-01-26T18:19:17Z