Is it possible to identify a test context on the process flow?

Question

I'm working with a custom process flow in which the system should update a relationship. With that said, I think it is pretty obvious that the Ids differ from the sandbox and the production environments, and of course it is different on the test classes context.

Some flows have formula criterias. Is there a way not to run those flows in a test context? Something like ISTEST() on formula? I know that we have that on Apex, but I've never seen it on process builder.

If not available, what would be an acceptable approach in this situation, so the flow wouldn't mess up the tests?

Answer 1

You should not be using a hard-coded ID value, when possible. Further, you have no way of knowing if you're in a unit test within a Process Builder, aside from setting up a custom mechanism (such as setting a value in a UI-hidden field). The Process Builder itself is pretty limited in this regard; it's the same reason why you wouldn't ordinarily want to use a Workflow Rule to do this. Ideally, you should simply use a trigger for this, because you'll want to be able to query the account. You can also use an auto-launched flow to query the record, but be aware that calling this bulk will drastically degrade performance and risks running in to governor limits. For now, any time you need a specific record by ID, your best option is still writing a trigger.

Answer 2

I found a solution, create Invocable method and call in action element in flow and then verify and skip the element if it is true, here is the code

public with sharing class TestHelper {

@InvocableMethod
public static List<Boolean> IsTestExecuting(){
    List<Boolean> output = new List<Boolean>();
    output.add(Test.isRunningTest()); 
    return output;
}

} and then assign output a variable in the flow and check for true and then take an action.