# How to run added tests for new kibana custom plugins

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-added-tests-for-new-kibana-custom-plugins/247805>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 7, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-added-tests-for-new-kibana-custom-plugins/247805 "2020-09-07T19:43:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-run-added-tests-for-new-kibana-custom-plugins/247805/2 "2020-09-08T05:31:23Z")

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Have you checked these links? It would be a good starting point

> [@How can i test my custom Kibana Plugin?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-test-my-custom-kibana-plugin/97397/4):
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> Most of our functional UI tests (Selenium tests) load test data into Elasticsearch using the es\_archiver For example, in this discover test it uses await esArchiver.load('discover'); Which is loading the set of data which is checked-in here; [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/master/test/functional/fixtures/es\_archiver/discover](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/tree/master/test/functional/fixtures/es_archiver/discover) You can run the es\_archiver from the command line to save some data you created in Elasticsearch by whatever means you want. And then in your test you would …

> **[Developer guide | Kibana Guide \[master\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/master/development.html)**

Thanks  
Rashmi

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