---
title: "Test outbound web service action"
slug: "test-outbound-web-service-action"
description: "Test outbound web service actions without external requests. Learn setup, response codes, and data handling in Development or Test environments."
tags: ["Task topic"]
updated: 2026-03-20T08:18:33Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:44:19Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/test-outbound-web-service-action"
---

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# Test outbound web service action

You can test an outbound web service action without sending a request to the external web service. So, you only test the outbound web service action setup and not the full process with connection to the external web service.

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

For the result of an outbound web service action test, 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 outbound web service action
4. On the **Action Pane**, click **Development**.
5. Click **Test**.
6. Enter the test status code to be returned when the outbound web service action is tested. You can use any response status code from 200 to 299. Other codes will fail.

In the **StatusCode** field, enter a number.
7. Indicate whether you want to use the request data or the mockup response data as test response data.

In the U**se request as response** field, select the desired option.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note** If you select **No**, make sure to enter the test response data in the **Response** section, in the **Mockup response** field.
8. Define from which table the request test data must be retrieved from. Usually, this is the root record table of the source document of the request message. You can also use another table as defined for this document.

In the **Table name** field, enter or select a value.
9. You can test using a specific record. To do so, you need the RecId of the desired record.

In the **Record-ID** field, enter a number.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> If you do not define a specific record, you are advised to fill in the **Test quantity** field.
10. If the outbound web service action is set up for data synchronization of type **Date range**, you can do a delta run. If you do so, only the records that are added after latest web service action run, are included in the test.

Select **Yes** in the **Delta run** field.
11. If you do not test a specific record, define the number of records of the defined table to be included in the test.

In the **Test quantity** field, enter a number.
12. If you do not use the request data as response data, enter the test response in the right structure and format, for example, XML or JSON.

In the **Mockup response** field, type a value.
13. Click **Run**.
14. Close the page.