diff --git a/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/collector_stnd_defined_new_schema_map.properties b/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/collector_stnd_defined_new_schema_map.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd41763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/collector_stnd_defined_new_schema_map.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+###############################################################################
+##
+## Collector Server config
+##
+##	- Default values are shown as commented settings.
+##
+###############################################################################
+##
+## HTTP(S) service
+##
+##	Normally:
+##
+##		- 8080 is http service
+##		- https is disabled by default
+##
+##		- At this time, the server always binds to 0.0.0.0
+##
+##
+collector.service.port=8080
+
+## Authentication is only supported via secure port
+## When enabled - require valid keystore defined
+collector.service.secure.port=8443
+
+# auth.method flags:
+#
+# noAuth - default option - no security (http)
+# certBasicAuth - auth by certificate and basic auth username / password (https)
+auth.method=certBasicAuth
+
+## Combination of userid,hashPassword encoded pwd list to be supported
+## userid and pwd comma separated; pipe delimitation between each pair
+## Password is generated by crypt-password library using BCrypt algorithm stored in dcaegen2/sdk package
+## or https://nexus.onap.org/#nexus-search;quick~crypt-password
+header.authlist=sample1,$2a$10$0buh.2WeYwN868YMwnNNEuNEAMNYVU9.FSMJGyIKV3dGET/7oGOi6
+
+## The keystore must be setup per installation when secure port is configured
+collector.keystore.file.location=etc/keystore
+collector.keystore.passwordfile=etc/passwordfile
+
+collector.cert.subject.matcher=etc/certSubjectMatcher.properties
+
+## The truststore must be setup per installation when mutual tls support is configured
+collector.truststore.file.location=etc/truststore
+collector.truststore.passwordfile=etc/trustpasswordfile
+
+## Schema Validation checkflag
+## default no validation checkflag (-1)
+## If enabled (1) - schemafile location must be specified
+collector.schema.checkflag=1
+collector.schema.file={\"v1\":\"./etc/CommonEventFormat_27.2.json\",\"v2\":\"./etc/CommonEventFormat_27.2.json\",\"v3\":\"./etc/CommonEventFormat_27.2.json\",\"v4\":\"./etc/CommonEventFormat_27.2.json\",\"v5\":\"./etc/CommonEventFormat_28.4.1.json\",\"v7\":\"./etc/CommonEventFormat_30.2_ONAP.json\"}
+
+## Schema StndDefinedFields Validation checkflag
+## default no validation checkflag (-1)
+## If enabled (1) - schema files locations must be specified, mapping file path must be specified, schema reference path
+## in event json must be specified, path to stndDefined data field in event json must be specified
+collector.externalSchema.checkflag=1
+collector.externalSchema.schemasLocation=./etc/externalRepo/
+collector.externalSchema.mappingFileLocation=./etc/externalRepo/schema-map.json
+event.externalSchema.schemaRefPath=/event/stndDefinedFields/schemaReference
+event.externalSchema.stndDefinedDataPath=/event/stndDefinedFields/data
+
+## List all streamid per domain to be supported. The streamid should match to channel name on dmaapfile
+collector.dmaap.streamid=fault=ves-fault|syslog=ves-syslog|heartbeat=ves-heartbeat|measurementsForVfScaling=ves-measurement|mobileFlow=ves-mobileflow|other=ves-other|stateChange=ves-statechange|thresholdCrossingAlert=ves-thresholdCrossingAlert|voiceQuality=ves-voicequality|sipSignaling=ves-sipsignaling|notification=ves-notification|pnfRegistration=ves-pnfRegistration|3GPP-FaultSupervision=ves-3gpp-fault-supervision|3GPP-Heartbeat=ves-3gpp-heartbeat|3GPP-Provisioning=ves-3gpp-provisioning|3GPP-PerformanceAssurance=ves-3gpp-performance-assurance
+collector.dmaapfile=./etc/DmaapConfig.json
+
+## Event transformation Flag - when set expects configurable transformation
+## defined under ./etc/eventTransform.json
+## Enabled by default; to disable set to 0
+event.transform.flag=1
+
+# Describes at what frequency (measured in minutes) should application try to fetch config from CBS
+collector.dynamic.config.update.frequency=5
diff --git a/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/dcae_properties.robot b/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/dcae_properties.robot
index 65eba84..2ae46f9 100644
--- a/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/dcae_properties.robot
+++ b/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/dcae_properties.robot
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@
 ${VES_STND_DEFINED_INVALID_TYPE_DATA}    %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/assets/json_events/ves_stdnDefined_invalid_type_data_field.json
 ${VES_CERT_BASIC_AUTH_COLLECTOR_PROPERTIES}  %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/collector_basic_auth.properties
 ${VES_DISABLED_STNDDEFINED_COLLECTOR_PROPERTIES}  %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/collector_stnd_defined.properties
+${VES_ADD_REFERENCE_TO_OTHER_SCHEMAS}   %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/collector_stnd_defined_new_schema_map.properties
+${VES_VALID_JSON_WITH_RFERENCE_TO_VALID_SCHEMA}  %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/assets/json_events/ves7_valid_eventWithStndDefinedFields_with_valid_schema_ref.json
+${VES_VALID_JSON_V7_STND_DEF_FIELDS_WRONG_SCHEMA_FILE_REF}   %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/assets/json_events/ves7_valid_eventWithStndDefinedFields_to_schema_with_wrong_file_ref.json
+${VES_VALID_JSON_V7_STND_DEF_FIELDS_WRONG_SCHEMA_INTERNAL_REF}  %{WORKSPACE}/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/assets/json_events/ves7_valid_eventWithStndDefinedFields_to_schema_with_wrong_internal_ref.json
 
 #DCAE Health Check
 ${CONFIG_BINDING_URL}                    http://localhost:8443
diff --git a/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/override_collector_properties_with_new_files.sh b/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/override_collector_properties_with_new_files.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f185ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/dcaegen2/testcases/resources/override_collector_properties_with_new_files.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2020 Nokia. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Incorrect number of parameters"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+LOCAL_COLLECTOR_PROPERTIES_PATH=$1
+FILENAME=$(basename $LOCAL_COLLECTOR_PROPERTIES_PATH)
+TEST_FILES_PATH=$2
+ETC_PATH=/opt/app/VESCollector/etc
+APP_CONTROLLER_PATH=/opt/app/VESCollector/bin/appController.sh
+
+docker exec vesc $APP_CONTROLLER_PATH stop
+sleep 2
+docker cp $LOCAL_COLLECTOR_PROPERTIES_PATH vesc:$ETC_PATH
+sleep 10
+docker cp $TEST_FILES_PATH vesc:$ETC_PATH
+sleep 10
+docker exec vesc mv $ETC_PATH/$FILENAME $ETC_PATH/collector.properties
+docker exec vesc $APP_CONTROLLER_PATH start
+sleep 5
+echo "VES Collector Restarted with overridden collector.properties"