Test a chat assistant

  • Release version: Australia
  • Updated March 18, 2025
  • 1 minute to read
  • Test your chat assistant.

    Before you begin

    See Review chat assistant settings.

    Role required: virtual_agent_admin or admin

    About this task

    It's important to test your assistant to simulate an end-to-end conversation before moving your experience into a production environment. Validate the user interface experience, agentic workflow results, and fallback options.

    Procedure

    Navigate to All > Assistant Designer > Assistants tab and select Test for the assistant you wish to test.
    If selected portals only have the standard chat experience or only the enhanced chat experience enabled, the drop-down list doesn't appear. If both experience types are enabled, the drop-down list shows both of them.
    Figure 1. Test a chat assistant from the Home page
    Option to select a chat experience when testing an assistant.

    The Test options reflect the assistant’s configured display experiences. When multiple chat experience types are configured, a drop‑down list appears with all available testing options. If only one chat experience type is configured, the drop‑down list is not shown.

    Testing a chat assistant can also be accessed when editing an assistant.

    Figure 2. Test a chat assistant when editing an assistant
    Option to select a chat experience when testing an assistant.
    Note:
    If a display experience hasn’t been configured, the test panel launches the enhanced chat experience.