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