topic Re: Best way to show user-friendly validation errors in SAS VI LEI workflows? in Fraud, AML and Security Intelligence

Best way to show user-friendly validation errors in SAS VI LEI workflows?

Maayan_Oscar — Tue, 19 May 2026 06:47:54 GMT

Hi,

Is there a nicer way to convey messages to the user due to errors that arise during a workflow run? For example, doing some data validation on fields.

Currently we are getting errors like this when using the JavaScript throw statement:

which are not user-friendly.

Is there a better way to handle this need (do complex data validation that can't be done using the field conditions or other logic in a workflow)?

Re: Best way to show user-friendly validation errors in SAS VI LEI workflows?

RickMatthews — Tue, 19 May 2026 12:55:56 GMT

Hi @Maayan_Oscar,

Please open a Tech Support ticket if you need assistance debugging the Script Task. Also, see Script Task in our online doc for discussions/suggestions on debugging Java Script. To your point, since this is a Java Script runtime error - that a typical enduser can do nothing about, we should handle with a standard 'server side error contact admin' type of message.
Thanks,

Rick

Re: Best way to show user-friendly validation errors in SAS VI LEI workflows?

Maayan_Oscar — Wed, 20 May 2026 05:43:08 GMT

Hi @RickMatthews ,

Thank you for your response.

The JavaScript throw approach is currently just the workaround we found, mainly because I could not find another way to display a custom validation message to the user during workflow execution.

What we are actually trying to achieve is a user-friendly validation message, rather than exposing a technical runtime error.

Is there any supported or recommended way in SAS VI LEI to display such messages to the user and stop the workflow execution when validation fails?

Thanks!