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Run message for testing purposes
Application task

You can run a message for testing and troubleshooting purposes. You can find and analyze the results in the:

  • Message history.
  • File history if the message has an Azure file storage connector with file actions.
  • Tracer if you have used the tracer on the message run.
Note: If the message setup is validated, a message run can still result in errors or give an unexpected result. In this case, you can choose to store all processed records in the message history for analysis purposes. To do so, before the test run, on the message header, set the Store history field to 'Yes'. When the issue is solved, do not forget to set the Store history field back to 'No'.


Standard procedure

1. Click Connectivity studio Integration Design.
2. On the Message tab, in the list, find and select the desired message.
3. Click Run.
4. You can use a tracer to register what a message does when it is run. When a message has run using the tracer, you can review the registered actions in the tracer. Usually, you use this to find issues in the message run.
  Select Yes in the Use tracer field.
 

Note: You can use the tracer in combination with the test quantity.
5. To test a message, you can run it for a defined number of records only. In this way, testing is quicker and with less history or tracer records to be reviewed. You can use this, for example, to test a message in the design phase.
If the message is used to:
- Export data, the records are taken from D365 FO, as defined by the source document.
- Import data using an external file-based document as source document, the records are taken from the file as defined in the message run dialog.
- Import data using an external ODBC document as source document, the records are taken from the external database.
Example: If the test quantity is 2, only the first two records found are used.
  In the Test quantity field, enter a number.
 

Note: You can use the test quantity in combination with the tracer.
6. If the message is used to import data using an external file-based document as source document, define the file with the test data.
  In the File name field, enter or select a value.

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