Hawkeye - Beacon

Note: The Hawkeye - Beacon action will no longer be available and is replaced with Nintex Insights - Beacon action after you install the latest Nintex for SharePoint 2019 version. If you have existing published workflows containing Hawkeye Beacon actions, republish them to start sending data to Nintex Analytics.

​​Logs a specific beacon value to Nintex Hawkeye.

With this action, you can emit additional data from a workflow for a process intelligence lens report. For example, a beacon can report on any workflow context, including variables and list items. The beacon action can be placed anywhere in the workflow.

Actions settings

Following are the fields and options visible in the configuration settings dialog box for this action.

Field	Description
Beacons	Define one or more beacons to emit data from the workflow for reports. Examples include variables and list items.
Add Beacon	Adds another beacon for this action.
Error handling	Configure settings as appropriate. With error handling you can capture errors that occur during the execution of the call to Nintex Hawkeye and add additional actions to handle any exceptions.

​For additional information about this action, see the Nintex Hawkeye online help.