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+  - name: Sending Test Canvases
+    link: /docs/user_guide/engagement_tools/canvas/testing_canvases/sending_test_canvases/
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   - name: Cloning Canvases
     link: /docs/user_guide/engagement_tools/canvas/managing_canvases/cloning_canvases/
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 guide_featured_title: "Section Articles"
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+  - name: Sending Test Canvases
+    link: /docs/user_guide/engagement_tools/canvas/testing_canvases/sending_test_canvases/
+    fa_icon: fas fa-check-square
   - name: Canvas Analytics
     link: /docs/user_guide/engagement_tools/canvas/testing_canvases/measuring_and_testing_with_canvas_analytics/
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+---
+nav_title: Sending Test Canvases
+article_title: Sending Test Canvases
+page_order: 1
+description: "This reference article covers how to test a Canvas before launch."
+page_type: reference
+tool: Canvas
+---
+
+# Sending test Canvases
+
+After [creating your Canvas]({{site.baseurl}}/user_guide/engagement_tools/canvas/create_a_canvas/create_a_canvas/), there are several checks you may want to perform before launching, depending on details such as your audience size or number of segmentation filters.
+
+When possible, Braze recommends testing a Canvas before launching. This test will typically take place in your Braze environment. Testing your Canvas can involve duplicating it, taking test users through the user journey, and checking if the user behavior aligns with what you have outlined in your Canvas.
+
+## Step 1: Create your test plan
+
+Creating a test plan is essential before you begin testing your Canvas. A test plan can help identify and track specific areas of your Canvas journey.
+
+As you build your testing plan, consider the following questions:
+- Has at least one user been created for each Canvas branch and path?
+- Are any segments being used in your Canvas? 
+	- If segments are used, there may be prerequisites for a user to fall into the Canvas before they're eligible for a user journey.
+- Do the messages in the test Canvas have any Liquid in the message titles that pull into the user ID or email address to ensure they are easy to identify both the message and user for testing purposes?
+
+## Step 2: Identify a test user
+
+Next, identify a test user to test users through the Canvas steps without actually sending messages to your intended users. Test users can be either existing email addresses that aren't used for actual services on your Braze dashboard, or new email addresses that are used exclusively for testing purposes. 
+
+## Step 3: Set up your Canvas
+
+Next, it's time to test your Canvas! Create a duplicate of your Canvas for testing purposes. This will help keep your original Canvas and test Canvas information organized. 
+
+![][1]
+
+Edit the **Entry Audience** portion of the Canvas builder so that only test users are eligible for the Canvas. You can also enter your own email address as a test user by adding the **Email Address** testing filter. 
+
+In the example below, we've limited the Canvas to two test users that have first used the app less than 3 days ago.
+
+![][2]
+
+## Step 4: Launch your test
+
+Launch your test Canvas to allow users to start entering. Next, complete the user behaviors on your application that would send users through the respective Canvas journey. 
+
+Verify that your test users are receiving the intended messages from your Canvas steps. Note that your test users may not receive a message due to reasons not limited to:
+
+- Not eligible for the global control group
+- Frequency capping limitations
+- Mismatched segment membership
+- Aborted messages
+- Push tokens associated with different users
+
+Continue to iterate Canvas testing to ensure your Canvas performs as intended.
+
+## General tips
+
+### Reduce time delays
+
+To run tests efficiently, we suggest reducing time delays to minutes or seconds for testing purposes so you can view messages in a timely manner. For example, allow at least 2-3 minutes between tests to be able to isolation specific actions to specific Canvas journeys.
+
+### Use Postman and the user track endpoint
+
+You can run tests with Postman and the [Braze Postman Collection]({{site.baseurl}}/api/postman_collection/). Use the [`/users/track` endpoint]({{site.baseurl}}/api/endpoints/user_data/post_user_track/) to record and track custom events and purchases for your various test users.
+
+Note that sending data to the user track API can only be done with an external ID. So, test users may need to be added as test users within an internal group in the Braze dashboard so specific errors can be further investigated. 
+
+#### Testing for multiple branches
+
+When you're testing a Canvas with multiple branches that target users based on different attributes and events, follow this testing plan:
+
+1. For each branch, identify the attributes and events that the user must have to be included in the Canvas journey.
+2. Build those into JSON payload to be posted using the `/users/track` endpoint.
+
+[1]: {% image_buster /assets/img_archive/canvas_test1.png %}
+[2]: {% image_buster /assets/img_archive/canvas_test2.png %}