AJO Testing

where do you find test mode?

Journey in Draft Status → Simulate → Test Mode

What are 3 requirements for to get profiles running in Journeys’ Test Mode?

Must be flagged as a test Profile in the dataset
The Journey’s entry event must have a namespace (so the test profiles can match to it)
Journey’s active date-times must include the time the test is run

How many test profiles per session (max)?

100

what are the 4 things the Show Log button give you from a Journey in Test Mode?

the current step
phase (running/finished/error/timeout)
actionExecutionErrors
transitionHistory

When in test mode can you edit a Journey? Publish a Journey?

Edit - no
Publish - yes

When executing a dry run, what are the 2 options you can toggle on/off

wait activities (disabled by default) (if enabled will be the real wait times, not 10 secs like Test Mode)
external data source calls (disabled by default)

Describe what a dry run is

uses prod data to test the Journey
doesn’t send messages but progresses thru journey
you get to see report on what happened

What does code view in test mode do? When is it not available?

When kicking off a test, allows you to copy-paste in JSON data for the test params, rather than using the UI to individually assign values to fields.

Code view is not available for Journeys starting with Business Events

What limitation is there for Journeys starting with Business Events, in Test Mode?

if there is a collection (array) needed in the initial parameters, then you can only have one element in that collection.

describe simulation mode for Journeys

AI creates test users, which all have your profile’s email address, and runs the journey. It populates data as needed and give you a report including the success rate, paths covered, paths uncovered

How do you check messages are correctly personalized

Simulate Content option within the message (email/SMS) editor

Email Designer or SMS Designer → Simulate Content

Add test profile(s) and simulation will show how the personalized content comes out. No email sent

How do you check content variations (in a design e.g. for email)

Email Designer → Simulate Content → Simulate Content Variations

simulation lets you view difference in variations for the test profile (no email sent)