# Testing lineage locally

Available in...

* Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition
* Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition

Before publishing a Job to Talend Management Console, you can test lineage generation locally in Talend Studio to identify and resolve any lineage issues.

## Before you begin

* You have a Qlik Talend Cloud Premium Edition or Qlik Talend Cloud Enterprise Edition license.
* You have already configured the connection and authentication from Talend Management Console to Qlik Cloud. For more information, see [Configuring Talend Cloud with Qlik Cloud](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/management-console-user-guide/Cloud/configuring-talend-cloud-with-qlik-cloud).
* The components you used in the Job support lineage in Qlik Cloud. For more information, see the list of supported Talend Studio components for lineage in Qlik Cloud in [Enabling lineage collection for Job tasks](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/management-console-user-guide/Cloud/enabling-lineage-collection).
* Runtime lineage is enabled for the Job. For more information, see [Enabling runtime lineage for Jobs](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-09/enabling-runtime-lineage-for-jobs "Talend Studio allows you to enable runtime lineage for standard Jobs to support analysis in Talend Data Catalog.").

## Procedure

1. In the design workspace, open the Job you want to test.
2. Open the Run view.
3. Click the Lineage Testing button.

   The Lineage Testing dialog box opens.
4. Select the Lineage Testing checkbox to enable lineage testing for the Job.
5. In the Logs storage section, specify the folder where lineage logs are saved:
   * Accept the default folder (${user.home}/talend\_lineage\_logs).
   * Click Browse to select a different folder.
6. Click Close.

   The Lineage Testing button icon changes to indicate that lineage testing is enabled for the Job.
7. Click Run to execute the Job.

   When the Job runs with lineage testing enabled, the system automatically sets the log level to INFO and generates JSON files containing lineage metadata in the configured logs folder.

   Information noteImportant: If the Job does not support dataset and lineage generation, a warning message appears in the console: Lineage-producer - The Job artifact does not support dataset and lineage generation.
8. Navigate to the logs folder to review the generated lineage files.

   The lineage files are saved in JSON format with the naming pattern: <Job\_ID>.json.

## What to do next

After verifying that lineage is generated correctly, you can publish the Job to Talend Cloud and enable lineage collection in Talend Management Console. For more information, see [Publishing datasets and lineage to Qlik Cloud](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2026-09/publishing-datasets-and-lineage-to-qlik-cloud "Data Integration Jobs published from Talend Studio to Talend Cloud can generate input and output datasets and lineage, which can be sent to Qlik Cloud. In the Catalog page of Qlik Cloud, you can view the lineage of your data that tracks the transformations backwards to the original source.").