# Error Handling tab

![Microsoft Excel Input step Error Handling tab](/files/Zv9RGkJlsX0ZgzETOpaD)

The **Error Handling** tab allows you to configure the following properties:

| Option                                   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Strict types?**                        | Select to have PDI report data type errors while reading.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Ignore errors?**                       | Select if you want to ignore errors during parsing. These lines can be dumped to a separate file by specifying a path in **Warnings file directory**, **Error files directory**, and **Failing line numbers files directory**. Clear this option to have lines with errors appear as NULL values in the output of this step. |
| **Skip error lines?**                    | Select to have PDI skip lines that contain errors.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Warnings file directory**              | Specify the location of the directory where warnings are placed if they are generated. The name of the resulting file is `<warning dir>/filename.<date_time>.<warning extension>`.                                                                                                                                           |
| **Error files directory**                | Specify the location of the directory where errors are placed if they occur. The name of the resulting file is `<errorfile_dir>/filename.<date_time>.<errorfile_extension>`.                                                                                                                                                 |
| **Failing line numbers files directory** | Specify the location of the directory where parsing errors on a line are placed if they occur. The name of the resulting file is `<errorline dir>/filename.<date_time>.<errorline extension>`.                                                                                                                               |


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