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Test document
Application task

If you run into an issue with a message, you can separately test the source and target documents.

The document type defines what is tested:
  • External document - File based: Reads the data from a defined file and tests the document query.
  • External document - ODBC: Reads the data from an external database and tests the document query.
  • Internal document: Tests the document query.
As a result:
  • The records that are read from the file or from the external database, are shown on the Imported records page.
  • When you test a document, based on the document setup, a query is created that reads the data. The result of the query test is shown in the message bar. If the 'No data found' message is shown, the document is not set up properly. In the message bar, you can click 'Message details' to see more detailed information.
Note: Before you test an external document, make sure, the document process type is set to 'Query'. After testing the document, if the original process type was 'Direct', do not forget to change the process type back to 'Direct'.


Standard procedure

1. Click Connectivity studio Integration Design.
2. Click the Documents tab.
3. In the list, find and select the desired document.
4. Click Edit.
5. On the Action Pane, click Development.
6. Click Test.
7. In the Connector field, enter or select the connector that you want to use for this test.
8. If you test an external file-based document, select the data file to be used for testing. The data is read from this file.
The selected connector defines the file system that is shown.
By default, the files are filtered based on the Read filename setting on the document header.
  In the File name field, enter or select a value.
9. In the Number of records field, enter the number of records to be used for the test.
10. Click OK.
11. If you test an external document, the Imported files page is opened.
This page shows the records that are read from the file or from the external database.
  Click OK.
12. Close the page.

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