RaiseError - Will it stop SMS from sending

Question

Is there any way to skip SMS sends for a current subscriber and move on to the next subscriber? I tried with the RaiseError AMPScript function but it is not working for MobileConnect messages.

Updated:

%%[
SET @Data = LookupRows("MYDE","MobileNumber",MOBILE_NUMBER)
    IF RowCount(@Data) > 0 Then
     some codes.....
    Else
      RaiseError("Do not send to subscriber", true)
    EndIF
]%%

Answer 1

The AMPscript RaiseError function only works for email sends. However, I have found a solution for you.

MobileConnect will not send an empty SMS message. So you can use the following code in your message template:

%%[
var @Data
set @Data = LookupRows("MYDE","MobileNumber",MOBILE_NUMBER)
if RowCount(@Data) > 0 then 
]%%
insert SMS message here
%%[ endif ]%%

This works; if the if test evaluates to false, then the message is empty and is not sent to the mobile subscriber.

Answer 2

Nowadays for February 2020 I am using RaiseError with Journeys, Content Builder, and MobileConnect and is working right, sending or not sending based on the IF.