# Abort

The **Abort** step stops a transformation based on incoming rows. This step is commonly used for error handling—for example, to stop processing after Abort detects an error condition in the data.

### Step name

Enter the following information in the transformation step field:

* **Step name**: Specify the unique name of the Abort step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.

### Options

The Abort step includes the following options:

| Option                               | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Abort the running transformation** | Stops the transformation when the **Abort threshold** is reached.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| **Abort and log as an error**        | Logs an error when the Abort step stops the transformation. This option is useful when a parent step (for example, the Kafka Consumer step) runs a sub-transformation containing the Abort step, and you want the parent step to stop.                                                               |
| **Stop input processing**            | Stops the input steps to the transformation when the **Abort threshold** is reached, while allowing any rows already retrieved or initiated to finish processing.                                                                                                                                    |
| **Abort threshold**                  | The number of rows to process before aborting after an error is detected. For example, if the threshold is `0`, Abort stops the transformation after the first row is processed. If the threshold is `5`, Abort stops the transformation after the sixth row is processed. The default value is `0`. |

### Logging

The Abort step includes the following logging options:

| Option              | Description                                                                                                           |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Abort message**   | The log message to use when the transformation is aborted. If you leave this field blank, PDI uses a default message. |
| **Always log rows** | Logs every row processed by the Abort step so you can review the rows that caused the transformation to abort.        |


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