When building your Zap, you may need to use values that are not available in your test records. You can edit your test record values, then use them in later Zap steps. This modified value only appears when building and testing your Zap. When you publish your Zap, it will use real, unedited data from your app.
ExampleYou want to set up a Filter step so that the Zap will only continue if the value in your trigger's Flavor field is "Guava". But, your trigger test record has the value "Lilikoi" instead. You can edit your test record by removing "Lilikoi" as the value in the Flavor field and replacing it with "Guava".
Select a new trigger test record
You can either select a new trigger test record from your trigger step or select a previous Zap run to use a test record.
Select from trigger step
In your Zap:
- In the upper right, click Edit Zap (or Edit draft if a previous draft exists) to enter edit mode.
- Select your trigger step.
- Select the Test tab.
- Select either:
- Another test record from the list.
- Click Find new records to search for and select a new test record.
Select from previous Zap run
In your Zap:
- In the left sidebar, click the Zap runs icon . The sidebar will expand to display your latest Zap runs.
- Next to the Zap run you want to use as your trigger test record, click the settings icon . A dropdown menu will open.
- Select Use as test record.
- In your trigger step, the Zap run will appear as a test record with the title “Record from Zap Run”.
. The sidebar will expand to display your latest Zap runs.
. A dropdown menu will open.You can rename or delete the Zap run test record by clicking the settings icon next to the run, then selecting the appropriate option from the dropdown menu.
Modify test records
Modify trigger test records
Create a modified trigger test record
In your trigger step:
- Select the Test tab.
- Select a test record. A swing out menu will open.
- At the bottom, click Edit. You will be redirected to a new test record with the title "Modified Record" at the top of the list of test records.
- Select a field's value to start editing it.
- Edit the value.
- Click anywhere outside of the value to save it.
Duplicate a modified trigger test record
In your trigger step:
- Select the Test tab.
- Select a test record. A swing out menu will open.
- Click Duplicate. You will be redirected to a new test record with the title "Modified Record" at the top of the list of test records.
Manage your modified trigger test records
In your trigger step:
- Next to the selected test record, click the settings icon . A dropdown menu will open.
- Select:
- Rename to change the name of the modified record.
- Revert to original to remove all edits to the modified record.
- Delete to delete the modified record.
Modify action test records
Create a modified action test record
In your action step:
- Select the Test tab. It will open with the Data out tab selected.
- At the bottom, click Edit.
- Select a field's value, then enter a new value.
- Click Stop editing.
After you finish editing:
- The timestamp in the top banner will update to the current time.
- A new Revert button will appear next to the Edit button.
- If a field you modified is mapped in subsequent steps, it will automatically update with the new value.
Revert button will appear next to the Revert back to the original test record
In your action step:
- Select the Test tab. It will open with the Data out tab selected.
- At the bottom, click Revert.
After you revert:
- The timestamp in the top banner will also revert back to the original time the step was tested.
- If a field you reverted is mapped in subsequent steps, it will automatically update with the reverted value.
Limitations
- You can create up to 20 modified trigger records.
- When you edit a step in your Zap:
- If you change a required field, the step test is reset. You should re-test the step to ensure there are no errors.
- If you change an optional field, the step test result is retained. You do not need to re-test the step, but you can if you want to test the changed field.
- Modified trigger test records do not change the original data in your trigger app. They only exist as a copy within Zapier.
- You cannot modify test records that you selected from a previous Zap run.