— title: Automated Test Framework use case: test a business rule description: This use case illustrates testing a business rule with the Automated Test Framework. locale: en-US canonical_url: www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/application-development/automated-test-framework-atf/atf-biz-rule-use.html release: australia product: Automated Test Framework (ATF) classification: automated-test-framework-atf topic_type: task last_updated: “2026-03-12” reading_time_minutes: 1

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Automated Test Framework use case: test a business rule

This use case illustrates testing a business rule with the Automated Test Framework.

Before you begin

Role required: atf_test_admin

About this task

This example tests a business rule that sets the value of Locked out to true when active is set to false.

[Omitted image “atf-biz-rule-use-small.png”] Alt text: Test steps

Procedure

1. Impersonate a user with the necessary permissions.

   In this example, the step impersonates the admin user.

   [Omitted image "atf-use-biz-rule-01.png"] Alt text: Form for Impersonate

2. Open a form for the table to which this business rule applies.

   This example opens a new User form.

   [Omitted image "atf-use-biz-rule-02.png"] Alt text: Form for Open a New Form

3. Set values on the form that meet the requirements for submitting the form and for triggering the business rule.

   This example sets values for the Active, Last name, and First name fields.

   [Omitted image "atf-use-biz-rule-03.png"] Alt text: Form for Set Field Values

4. Submit the form.

   [Omitted image "atf-use-biz-rule-04.png"] Alt text: Form for Submit Form

5. Validate that the business rule ran.

   In this example the business rule tested sets Locked out to true if Active is set to false.

   [Omitted image "atf-use-biz-rule-05.png"] Alt text: Form for Field Values Validation

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