---
title: "Test inbound web service action"
slug: "test-inbound-web-service-action"
description: "Test inbound web service actions without external requests. Learn to run tests, view results, and manage data in Development or Test environments."
tags: ["Task topic"]
updated: 2026-03-20T08:18:39Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:44:19Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/test-inbound-web-service-action"
---

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# Test inbound web service action

You can test an inbound web service action without receiving an HTTP request from the external application. So, you only test the inbound web service action setup and not the full process with connection to the external application.

When testing, the inbound web service action does run the request message and response message. So, data can be impacted. Therefore, you are advised to only test an inbound web service action in a **Development** or **Test** environment.

For the result of an inbound web service action test, view the **Result** section on the test page. You can also view the message history of the related request message and response message.

### Steps

1. Click **Connectivity studio - Integration Design**.
2. Click the **Web service** tab.
3. In the list, click the link of the desired inbound web service action.
4. On the **Action Pane**, click **Development**.
5. Click **Test**.
6. In the **Web service users** field, enter or select a value.
7. Editing the resource URL is only applicable if the **HTTP action** is **Get**, and the web service type is **REST**.

If you have defined arguments for the inbound web service action, you can define the argument values in the resource URL.

In the **Resource** field, type a value.
8. The **Data** field has several purposes, depending on the **HTTP action**. If the **HTTP action** is:

In the **Data** field, type a value.
  - **Get**, and the **Web service type** is **Basic**, you can define the argument values in the **Data** field. The defined arguments are automatically added to the **Data** field.
  - Not **Get**, define the web service request test data (body) in the **Data** field. Define the test data in XML format.
9. Click **Run**.
10. When you have run the web service action, you can view the test results in the **Result** section, in the **Data** field.

Expand the **Result** section.
11. Close the page.

## Related

- [Use filtering on inbound web service action](/use-filtering-on-inbound-web-service-action.md)