Test step without running all before

[Sebastian1]

Hello,

I’m using self hosted version 1.39

is there a possibility to test a node by it self without running through the whole workflow?

like in this example

I want to test the last Get Deal node by just giving him a fixed deal number. But for testing this I need to change the behavior of the if node or I need to manipulate the other data which is related to it.

Is there a way todo this without changing the workflow?

I come from make and there it is possible to run a node without running the previous ones and they have a very nice feature to just fill your own values to the placeholders within expression.

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[m3tam3re]

You could try to put an Edit Fields node in between and set Mock Data

[Sebastian1]

Ok tanks. I did connect the node to the start node of the workflow and used at fixed value within the node.

So it is more a feature request? I wonder if there are no other people finding it little much effort to test a workflow especially when it comes to test a new added node.

[m3tam3re]

Actually I find it quite good since n8n introduced mock data and pinning data. Are you aware of data pinning? This will let you output the same data on a node without always fetching fresh data:

Data pinning | n8n Docs

[Sebastian1]

Yes this I use as well which is quite nice. Just thought there might be an option to just run one node without running the full workflow if lets say the node is at the end

[Sebastian1]

I think this is more a feature request then a question then since it seems there is currently no possibility to test a node by itself without running the previous nodes in the workflow