# Process Testing

Test your processes easily and safely before publishing to ensure proper functionality. The process testing feature provides the following benefits:

* Test process changes without any risk of interfering with the data you've already collected. 
* You have the flexibility to either run processes from start to finish or begin and conclude testing from a midway point, based on your specific testing requirements
* Automate multiple test runs with different sets of test data.
* Create test scenarios from current requests and test with real-time data. 

{% hint style="info" %} <mark style="color:orange;">**Good to know:**</mark> Test runs of a process do not count towards application counters and metrics. This ensures that your testing activities won't skew or impact the data you rely on for system analytics.
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## Test a Process before Publishing

Watch the following product tour to learn how to test your processes while designing them.&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://demos.processmaker.com/demo/L4PKQzkxMKifPl8EEf3uU>" %}

## Create a Test Scenario

Watch the following product tour to learn how to create test scenarios for testing your processes.&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://demos.processmaker.com/demo/FUmUeiJ3DGVTPCd7mX6yJ>" %}

## Additional Resources

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<summary><mark style="color:orange;">Learn More About Process Testing</mark></summary>

<img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/dooWayLBMkELc93kHyLd/blobs/qxC9czVk3LNXBhJq9gUf/Documentation%20Icon.png" alt="" data-size="line"> [**ProcessMaker Documentation**](https://docs.processmaker.com/v/fall-2023-processmaker-platform/designer-processes-and-process-templates/view-the-list-of-processes/edit-the-name-description-category-or-status-of-a-process/configure-test-runs): Find detailed information about process testing.

<img src="https://content.gitbook.com/content/dooWayLBMkELc93kHyLd/blobs/FJKOyZXxON5uYUM6lJUV/PM%20University.png" alt="" data-size="line"> [**ProcessMaker University**](https://university.processmaker.com/): Enroll in ProcessMaker University to become a Certified Process Designer.

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