Perform a Subscriber Preview and Test Send

Follow these steps to perform a subscriber preview and test send in Email Studio.

Before you begin this procedure, your account must contain these items:

• The email to preview
• A subscriber with attributes or a data extension with subscriber data

Note Content Builder test sends aren’t recorded on the Send Log data extension.

1. Select Preview and Test.
2. To view the email with AMPscript and personalization strings rendered select a list, group, data extension, or audience then select a subscriber.
3. To ensure personalization displays correctly, review the email. The subscriber’s attributes are listed next to the preview.
4. Click .
   

   Note To view the email without AMPscript and personalization strings rendered, complete the Test Send section without selecting a subscriber in the Subscriber Preview tab. To view an email with AMPscript and personalization strings rendered, complete the Subscriber Preview section before completing the Test Send section.
5. Enter up to five email addresses to send a test email to in Recipient. If needed, select a test data extension and send a test email to all subscribers within the data extension.
   

   Note When subscribers are selected in Subscriber Preview and Attributes, and multiple recipients are entered in the Test Send step, the first recipient is added as the To Address and the remaining recipient addresses are BCCed. The To Address listed in the email delivered to the remaining recipients is the first recipient's email address.
6. If needed, click Change to select a different personalization option and how recipients receive each version of the email. Complete the Subscriber Preview step before using some of these features:
   • Based on <subscriber> - The test email renders personalization based on the single subscriber selected in the Subscriber Preview step. One test send goes out to your recipient with the selected subscriber's personalization.
   • Based on <list or data extension> - The test email renders personalization based on the entire list or data extension selected in the Subscriber Preview step. For example, if your list contains 20 subscribers then 20 personalized email versions are sent to each recipient.
   • Based on <recipient test data extension> - The test email sends to each subscriber in the selected recipient test data extension. The email renders based on the recipient's data.
7. Complete the From Options section.
8. Click Send Test.
9. Review the Test Send Summary to ensure the correct recipients receive the emails message and the correct number of emails send:
   • Warning Threshold - A notification displays when a test send exceeds the recommended test send threshold. To perform the test send, click the check box.
   • Maximum Threshold - A notification displays when a test send exceeds the maximum test send threshold. You can’t bypass this notification to perform the test send. Select different recipients or a different personalization send option.
10. Click Confirm and Send.