Ways to Test Personalization Rules

Testing your personalization rules is important for evaluating their effectiveness and correctness. The following table lists the features that allow you to test your personalization rules in a development environment before they are deployed in a production environment.

Feature	Description
Test mode	For evaluating personalization rules. See About Test Mode, Setting Up the Test Mode, and Using Test Mode to Test Personalization Rules.
Log file	For recording personalization events. See About Using the Log File, Enabling Personalization Event Logging, and Testing Siebel Personalization.
XML export	For exporting personalization objects to an XML file. Later you can export this file into a production environment. See About Exporting and Importing Personalization Data, Exporting Personalization Data as an XML File, and Importing Personalization Data.
Reload personalization	For updating the object manager with changes made to personalization rules. See About Clearing and Reloading Siebel Personalization, Reloading Siebel Personalization for the Current Object Manager, and Reloading Siebel Personalization for Other Object Managers.