diff --git a/tests/policy/pap/data/vCPE.policy.monitoring.input.tosca.json b/tests/policy/pap/data/vCPE.policy.monitoring.input.tosca.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3003d9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/policy/pap/data/vCPE.policy.monitoring.input.tosca.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+    "tosca_definitions_version": "tosca_simple_yaml_1_1_0",
+    "topology_template": {
+        "policies": [
+            {
+                "onap.restart.tca": {
+                    "type": "onap.policies.monitoring.cdap.tca.hi.lo.app",
+                    "version": "1.0.0",
+                    "type_version": "1.0.0",
+                    "metadata": {
+                        "policy-id": "onap.restart.tca"
+                    },
+                    "properties": {
+                        "tca_policy": {
+                            "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+                            "metricsPerEventName": [
+                                {
+                                    "eventName": "Measurement_vGMUX",
+                                    "controlLoopSchemaType": "VNF",
+                                    "policyScope": "DCAE",
+                                    "policyName": "DCAE.Config_tca-hi-lo",
+                                    "policyVersion": "v0.0.1",
+                                    "thresholds": [
+                                        {
+                                            "closedLoopControlName": "ControlLoop-vCPE-48f0c2c3-a172-4192-9ae3-052274181b6e",
+                                            "version": "1.0.2",
+                                            "fieldPath": "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.additionalMeasurements[*].arrayOfFields[0].value",
+                                            "thresholdValue": 0,
+                                            "direction": "EQUAL",
+                                            "severity": "MAJOR",
+                                            "closedLoopEventStatus": "ABATED"
+                                        },
+                                        {
+                                            "closedLoopControlName": "ControlLoop-vCPE-48f0c2c3-a172-4192-9ae3-052274181b6e",
+                                            "version": "1.0.2",
+                                            "fieldPath": "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.additionalMeasurements[*].arrayOfFields[0].value",
+                                            "thresholdValue": 0,
+                                            "direction": "GREATER",
+                                            "severity": "CRITICAL",
+                                            "closedLoopEventStatus": "ONSET"
+                                        }
+                                    ]
+                                }
+                            ]
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/policy/pap/pap-test.robot b/tests/policy/pap/pap-test.robot
index 36b593c..67a5782 100644
--- a/tests/policy/pap/pap-test.robot
+++ b/tests/policy/pap/pap-test.robot
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 Library     json
 
 *** Test Cases ***
+LoadPolicy
+     [Documentation]    Loads prerequisite Policy via API
+     ${auth}=    Create List    healthcheck    zb!XztG34
+     Log    Creating session https://${POLICY_API_IP}:6969
+     ${session}=    Create Session      policy  https://${POLICY_API_IP}:6969   auth=${auth}
+     ${headers}=  Create Dictionary     Accept=application/json    Content-Type=application/json
+     ${postjson}=  Get file  ${CURDIR}/data/vCPE.policy.monitoring.input.tosca.json
+     ${resp}=   Post Request     policy  /policy/api/v1/policytypes/onap.policies.monitoring.cdap.tca.hi.lo.app/versions/1.0.0/policies    data=${postjson}     headers=${headers}
+     Log    Received response from API ${resp.text}
+     Should Be Equal As Strings    ${resp.status_code}     200
+
 Healthcheck
      [Documentation]    Runs Policy PAP Health check
      ${auth}=    Create List    healthcheck    zb!XztG34