Force variation parameters and test cookie audience conditions are fast and effective methods for QAing an experiment. Review this deck to learn how to effectively preview and test your experiments before setting them live.

1. QA Tips and Tools
Lyndsey Williams
Technical Support Representative, Optimizely
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2. 2 Methods of Quality Analysis
Force Variation Parameters
Test Cookie Audience Condition

3. Allow us to view a specific variation of an experiment before it is live.
Force Variation
Parameters

4. Force Variation Parameters
?optimizely_xEperimentID=VariationIndex
• Great for viewing User Interface
changes
• Quickly view a specific variation

5. Force Variation Parameters
?optimizely_xEperimentID=VariationIndex
• Does not adhere to URL
Targeting or Audience
Conditions
• Best for using to QA User
Interface changes, not targeting
• Disables tracking:
“&optimizely_force_tracking=tru
e”

6. Allow us to set the experiment LIVE and view its behavior.
Test Cookie Audience
Condition

7. Create a Bookmark
Name:TestCookie URL:JavascriptCode

8. You’llnowhaveacookiesetonwhicheverdomainyouare
browsing.
‘optly_YOURDOMAIN_test’

9. Audience Condition:
Cookie, Has Any Value

10. • Set the Experiment LIVE
• Navigate to the page and click your Test Cookie bookmark
• Referesh
Bucket Yourself In

11. Cookie Audience Condition:
• DOES adhere to URL Targeting and Audience Conditions
• Best for testing all aspects of an experiment : goal tracking, audience
conditions, targeting

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Thank you!
Lyndsey Williams
Technical Support Representative