Trigger Inputs For Testing Runbooks

When you test a runbook (using Execute a Test Run in the Runbook Editor), the Inputs dialog appears, prompting you to provide inputs interactively that the trigger and other preceding nodes will supply when the runbook executes in automated use. The test inputs are:

• Application/Device/Interface/Location — Type the name of the object (application or device or interface or location, as appropriate for the runbook trigger) that you are testing this runbook for.

• Client Location — Choose the location that you are testing this runbook for.

• mimic the multi-device automation trigger — [For Device trigger only] Simulate the existence of multiple device triggers.

• Time — The default is Now.

• Trigger Metric — Choose the metric passed from the trigger that you are testing this runbook for.

• Actual Value — Type the value to use for that metric.

• Acceptable Low Value — Type the value at the low end of the metric's acceptable range.

• Acceptable High Value — Type the value at the high end of the metric's acceptable range.

• Advanced:

  • Incident Variables — Type the incident variables to be used in the test, along with their values. For example:
    {    
    "incident.builtin.status": "New"
    }

  • Timeout — The default is five minutes.