How to Import Test as JSON

Article verified for Release 16.1 on September 29, 2026.

This article explains how to import and export manually created tests as JSON files in YouTestMe. JSON import and export can be used to transfer a manually created test between environments, including both simple tests and tests with sections.

The JSON import/export functionality is available for manually created tests. It is not intended for exporting and importing generated tests.

Importing Test as JSON File

To access the option for importing the JSON file, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Tests
2. Select Manage tests
3. Click the Import test button
4. Select workspace
5. Click to browse and upload you file
6. Upload

After clicking the Upload button, the system imports the test and redirects to the test management page, where the test content and configuration settings can be modified.

Important: When a test containing one or more archived test versions is copied or exported and imported, the archived status of those versions is preserved in the newly created test. The original archive timestamp is also retained, while the Creation Time of the newly created test reflects the date and time when the copy or import is created. As a result, the archive date may be earlier than the Creation Time of the newly created test.

To make an archived version available, open the Test versions section and enable Show archived versions from the Filter options. Locate the archived version, click the Actions menu (three dots), and select Copy. The copied version will be created as a new version and can be used as the available version.

Questions Associated with a Question Pool

When exporting a manually created test from one environment and importing it into another environment, questions associated with a Question Pool may contain a POOL_ID that does not exist in the target environment.

Before importing the JSON file into the target environment, you must remove these Question Pool references from the file.

You can do this in either of the following ways:

Edit the JSON File Manually

Open the JSON file using a text editor such as Notepad or a JSON editor and replace the corresponding POOL_ID values with null.

For example:

“POOL_ID”: 100100

should be changed to:

“POOL_ID”: null

Use an AI Tool

You can also use an AI tool to update the JSON file. Upload the JSON file to the AI tool and ask it to replace all relevant POOL_ID values with null.

For example, you can use a prompt such as:

Replace all POOL_ID values in this JSON file with null.

Only use an AI tool when the JSON file does not contain sensitive or confidential information.

Note: Removing the Question Pool references from the JSON file does not delete the distinct test versions. The test versions remain available after the import, with the same questions. The Question Pool column will simply be empty because the questions are no longer associated with a Question Pool.