Settings

Chat tester settings are available in the top bar of the chat tester:

Chat tester settings:

• Debug mode
• Conversation restart
• Downloading conversation as a test case
• Exporting conversation data
• Mocking conversation data
• Selecting route variant
• Clear chat tester window

Conversation restart

To restart the conversation use the Restart icon - it will drop the current conversation and start a new one from the Initial context.

Exporting conversation data

This option allows you to save your conversations as a .txt file which can then be used as a test case. The downloaded file will include complete conversation, i.e. user's and bot's responses as well as the metadata formatted as assertions according to the Writing test cases rules. This file can be imported to any Test Suite.

Downloading conversation as a test case

By clicking this button, we can save the conversation to Test Suites.

Mocking conversation data

Mocking externals refers to the manual modification of input data in an initiated conversation. To perform it, click on the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the chat tester and then select Mock conversation data.

External mocks allows you to apply different settings for testing or debugging purposes.

To use external in the flow, access it as "external.name", here "external.phone_number".

Selecting route variant

A Transfer to flow block can target a route instead of a project. Outside the chat tester, whether such a transfer goes to the route's live or candidate project depends on how the conversation started. The chat tester starts conversations by project, so you choose the variant yourself: click the three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the chat tester, select Select route variant for transfers by route. In the Route variant field, which defaults to Not simulated, pick Live or Candidate and save.

Transfers to a route then go to the project of the chosen variant; a route icon next to the tester title shows the active variant. Without a variant, transfers to a route fail.

The target project is used in its latest version, published or not, and must have been published or opened in the chat tester at least once. A route already used in the conversation stays on its project until you restart the conversation.

The menu item is shown only when your Organization has at least one route.

Clear chat tester window

Clearing your chat tester window may come in handy when doing some presentations or during daily debugging to keep it clean and understandable. It will clear out both views: the regular one as well as the debug mode.