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RaiseError() for a Broken Recipient, Not Segmentation

Abort only the current recipient when a genuine rendering invariant is violated.

ampscriptraiseerrorerror handling

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Use when

A required invariant is missing and sending the message would be unsafe/wrong.

%%[
VAR @customerId
SET @customerId = AttributeValue("CustomerId")

IF Empty(@customerId) THEN
  RaiseError("CustomerId missing", true)
ENDIF
]%%

Why it works

With boolSkipCurrentOnly=true, RaiseError skips the current recipient and allows the rest of the job to continue.

Gotchas

Salesforce recommends RaiseError for errors, not audience segmentation.

Tracking/reporting can still include emails that were not sent because RaiseError was called.

Sources / verification

Salesforce — RaiseError() ↗

RaiseError() for a Broken Recipient, Not Segmentation

Keep following the context.