To ensure that your configuration is successful and the results are what you
expect, test run each process after you configure and connect it.
About this task
Note: When you run a process, any results from a previous
run are lost.
Procedure
- Open a flowchart for editing.
- Click the process that you want to run.
If
the process requires data from a source process, be sure that the
source process has already run successfully so that its data is available.
- Open the Run menu in the
toolbar, or right-click the process box, and select an option:
- Test Run Selected Process: Use this
option while you build your flowchart, so you can troubleshoot errors
as they occur. Test runs do not output data or update any tables or
files. (However, triggers run on completion of test runs, and global
suppression is applied.)
Tip: When you test run a data
manipulation process (Select, Merge, Extract, Audience), you can limit
the number of records that are selected for output. Use the Limit
output cell size option on the Cell Size Limit tab in
the process configuration dialog.
- Save and Run Selected Process: Do a
production run. The contact processes, Mail List and Call List, write
entries into Contact History. Each production run can generate contact
history only one time. Contact processes that already ran for that
production run can be rerun only if the contact history from the current
run is first deleted. Triggers run on completion of the production
run.
Note: Running only a process or a branch of a flowchart does
not increment the Run ID of a flowchart. When you run only a process
or a branch, if contact history records exist, you are prompted to
choose run history options before you can proceed. For details, see
Updating contact history by doing a production run.
- When the process finishes running, click OK.
Results
The process displays a green check mark after it runs successfully.
If there are errors, the process displays a red X.