What does this indicate?

During a second test of a playbook, a user receives an error that states: ‘an empty parameters list was passed to phantom.act()."

What does this indicate?
A . The container has artifacts not parameters.
B . The playbook is using an incorrect container.
C . The playbook debugger’s scope is set to new.
D . The playbook debugger’s scope is set to all.

View Answer

Answer: A

Explanation:

The error message "an empty parameters list was passed to phantom.act()" typically indicates that the action being called by the playbook does not have the required parameters to execute. This can happen if the playbook expects certain data to be present in the container’s artifacts but finds none. Artifacts in Splunk SOAR (Phantom) are data elements associated with a container (such as an event or alert) that playbooks can act upon. If a playbook action is designed to use data from artifacts as parameters and those artifacts are missing or do not contain the expected data, the playbook cannot execute the action properly, leading to this error.