Proj-820 5.4 The Run Rule feature enables you to test a flow
action rule individually before testing it in the context of the
application you are developing. You specify a test page for the rule to
use, provide sample data as the input, run the rule, and examine the
results.
Before you begin
Before you begin, determine how you will provide the sample data to
use when testing the rule. If possible, open a work object of the
appropriate work type.
For general information about the Run Rule feature, including a list
of the clipboard pages that are generated when a rule runs, see How to test a rule with the Run
Rule feature.
Run the rule
To run the rule, complete the following steps:
- Save the rule.
- Complete any preprocessing necessary to create the appropriate
clipboard context and, if the rule is circumstanced or time-qualified,
to set the conditions you want to test.
- Click the Run toolbar button (
). The Run Rule window appears.
- In the Test Page section, specify which page to use as the main
page. Do one of the following:
-
- If any pages of the rule's Applies To class already
exist, select one to be copied. (If this decision tree rule
applies to an embedded page, identify a top-level page that
contains the embedded page or pages and supply a Page
Context.)
- Otherwise, select Create or Reset Test
page. Then, in the Apply field, select
the model to use for the test page.
- If the rule being tested is circumstance-qualified, select
Set circumstance properties to run exact version of
rule.
- In the lower section of the Run Rule window, enter the test data
and click
Run
Again. The system runs
the decision tree rule and displays the results.
- Optional. Click Show Clipboard to
open the Clipboard and examine the pages. Click the Hide
Clipboard button to close
the tool. For information about the clipboard pages that are
generated, see How to
test a rule with the Run Rule feature.
About Flow Action rules
How to unit test a flow action rule with the Run Rule feature