Testing a process flow against a virtual environment

Introduction

The initialise flow (advanced) option allows you to run a master process flow against any virtual environment that has a deployed version. This runs the flow and replaces any components configured and deployed for the selected virtual environment.

Keep in mind that replacement connector instances for the selected virtual environment version might be for a live system! If in doubt, double-check the configuration for virtual environments before testing your process flow(s).

Need to know

  • All virtual environments with a deployed configuration version will be available for selection when testing flows with the initialise flow (advanced) option.

  • When a process flow is run against a virtual environment using the initialise flow (advanced) option, the deployed configuration for the given environment is applied.

Using the initialise flow (advanced) option

1

Access the required process flow

Access the first process flow version that you want to test, so it's displayed on the canvas. If necessary, use the versions panel in process flow settings to switch to the required flow version.

2

Select the initialise flow (advanced)

Select the initialise flow (advanced) option from the actions bar - for example:

3

Select the required virtual environment

Click in the virtual environment field and select the environment that the current flow should run against:

All configuration versions for each virtual environment are available for selection (so you can test a flow against a new or updated draft version; the current deployed version, or an inactive version).

4

Update flow variables (optional)

Any flow variables defined for the process flow are displayed - if you need to change default values for these, toggle the edit option on and update values as required:

Flow variables are not attached to/associated with virtual environments. If you need to reference environment-specific variables, you can define environment variables as part of your virtual environment configuration.

5

Run the process flow

Click the initialise flow button at the bottom of this page:

You may need to scroll down to access this option.

6

Check output

As the process flow runs, the live logs will show where any replacements (swaps) are made for the selected environment - for example:

Check the logs and generated payloads to ensure that results are as expected. When you're satisfied that the process flow is running correctly, you can deploy it to the virtual environment.

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