How to investigate failed Powershell Runbook

Here, we want to help you investigate failed PowerShell Automation when triggered by au2mator

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Step 1: Check History
• Step 2: Check logs
• Step 3: Implement Logging in your Script
• Step 4: Transaction

Step 1: Check History

• Navigate to "My Requests/Hirtoy" and see if the Job was triggered and see the response.

Step 2: Check logs

• Navigate to your File Explorer on the au2mator Server
• Folder "C:\inetpub\au2mator\Logs" and see the latest Log File for Details

Step 3: Implement Logging in your Script

• Implement a Logging function in your Powershell Script to see where errors occur.

Step 4: Transaction

• Enable Transaction for deep inside: Start-Transcript (Microsoft.PowerShell.Host) - PowerShell | Microsoft Learn 

Step 5: Does the PS1 execute without au2mator?

• Check the PS1 for any Syntax errors and try to execute directly without au2mator