To test this sub-strategy, you need to ensure that the Create Eligible Channels
strategy (the Expand Actions by Active Channels component) has executed first, and that the Non
Transactional Filter has also been executed.
Pega Customer Decision Hub
In the Pega Customer Decision Hub portal, click IntelligenceStrategies.
Open the External Input NBA Framework Test strategy.
If the strategy is not already checked out, click Check
out.
From the External Input NBA Framework Test strategy, right-click the Action Scoring
component, and then click Open strategy to open the Action Level
Propensity strategy.
Press the Ctrl button and click on the Expand Actions by Active
Channels and Non Transactional Filter components to select them both.
Right-click on one of the selected components, and then click
Copy to copy them both.
Return to the External Input NBA Framework Test strategy, and then paste the copied
components in a spot directly below the Constraints sub-strategy component.
Join Constraints to Expand Actions by Active
Channels.
Join Expand Actions by Active Channels to the Non
Transactional Filter.
Double-click the Non Transactional Filter and change the name to
Action Scoring Non Transactional.
This will help identify the component as being the Non Transactional filter from the
Action Scoring component.
Note: Do not join the output from this filter to any other shape
on the canvas, so that its output will not affect any other parts of the
strategy.
Click Save to save the strategy, or Check
in if you are not making any further changes.
Verify that the test results for the Action Scoring Non Transactional filter in the
External Input NBA Framework Test strategy are the same as those
for the Non Transactional filter in the Action Level Propensity
strategy.
Test the Predict Action Propensity component by doing the following steps:
From the Action Level Propensity strategy, right-click the Predict Action
Propensity component, and then click Open strategy. (right
click, Open strategy).
Note: Predict Action Propensity is actually a Prediction rather than a Strategy, but
can be tested in the same was as a strategy.
Open the Test Run panel by clicking the slider button on the
upper right side of the strategy canvas.
In the Settings section, select Data
transform, and then select a persona transform.
Note: To make any changes to the persona for the test, follow the steps used when
setting up the person for the trigger
strategy tests.
In the For external inputs use strategy field, enter
ExternalInputNBAFrameworkTest.
Select Specify a single component within the strategy.
Select the Action Scoring Non Transactional filter that you
created in step 7.
Click Run.
On the strategy canvas click on the External Inputs shape
and check that the test results are the same as those for the Action Scoring Non
Transactional filter in the External Input NBA Framework Test, and for the Non
Transactional filter in the Action Level Propensity performed in the tests in step 12.
Click on individual components within the strategy to check where actions are
dropping out or where the strategy results are unexpected.
What to do next: Use a similar technique to test other strategies within
strategies.
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