Test your new flow

Completed

The simplest way to build robotic process automation (RPA) is to take one small step at a time and then build and test that step. First, you created the desktop flow to perform actions on the invoicing app. Second, you created the input and output variables, or the information that would change whenever the flow ran. Then, you set up a gateway and built a cloud flow that allows you to connect to the other resources that exist in your organization. Finally, you created a solution and a trigger starting in Outlook. Now, you test these new steps to ensure that everything is performing as expected.

Watch the following demo video of the steps that you complete in this unit.

Run a test

  1. Select Test in the upper-right corner of the screen. Select the Manually option and then select Save & Test.

    Screenshot of the Manually option selected in the Test Flow screen.

  2. Send yourself an email with an attachment and a subject line of New invoice.

  3. The flow runs, with indications on each step to show where your flow is in the process. Avoid interacting with your mouse or keyboard while the flow is running because it might interrupt the process. When testing is complete, the following screen appears to indicate that your flow ran successfully.

Screenshot of the successful flow message.

Now, you completed the process to build a solution with a cloud flow that's triggered with Outlook.