Bypass Lookup Filters in Test Class

Question

I'm creating some setup data for a test class. I'm wondering if there is annotation to turn off the Lookup filters during the test? I have removed the filters currently, but will need them after the tests pass.

This creates a custom Account where the fields have filters on normally:

//Lookup Filters will cause the insert to fail.
Relationship_Manager_Accounts__c RMAccount = new Relationship_Manager_Accounts__c();
RMAccount.RM_Rank__c =1;
RMAccount.Relationship_Manager_Contact__c = contact.get(2).id;
RMAccount.Account__c = account.get(2).id;

insert RMAccount;
return RMAccount;

Answer 1

No. If the filters are required, you must satisfy them. This usually means writing your test data to match those filters. Usually, I make a factory function for unit tests so that I can add such a filter requirement in just one place of code rather than hundreds.

For example, you might do something like this:

@isTest public class TestData {
    public static Account account { get { return new Account(Name='Test', Industry='Technology', ...); }
}

When you need a unit test with an account, you just do this:

@isTest static void test() {
    Account TestAccount = TestData.account;
    insert testAccount;
}

You can either use getter constructs, like demonstrated here, or more usually, a function that accepts various required configurable parameters, such as the matching record ID that satisfies the lookup condition. Or, you can even create a test suite that pre-populates a whole bunch of data all at once with all the required data/filters in place.