diff --git a/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/policy/microservice/OperationalPolicyPayloadTest.java b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/policy/microservice/OperationalPolicyPayloadTest.java
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+++ b/src/test/java/org/onap/clamp/policy/microservice/OperationalPolicyPayloadTest.java
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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP CLAMP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property. 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END============================================
+ * ===================================================================
+ *
+ */
+
+package org.onap.clamp.policy.microservice;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onap.clamp.clds.util.ResourceFileUtil;
+import org.onap.clamp.policy.operational.OperationalPolicy;
+import org.skyscreamer.jsonassert.JSONAssert;
+
+public class OperationalPolicyPayloadTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testOperationalPolicyPayloadConstruction() throws IOException {
+        JsonObject jsonConfig = new GsonBuilder().create().fromJson(
+            ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("tosca/operational-policy-properties.json"), JsonObject.class);
+        OperationalPolicy policy = new OperationalPolicy("testPolicy", null, jsonConfig);
+        assertThat(policy.createPolicyPayload())
+            .isEqualTo(ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("tosca/operational-policy-payload.yaml"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGuardPolicyPayloadConstruction() throws IOException {
+        JsonObject jsonConfig = new GsonBuilder().create().fromJson(
+            ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("tosca/operational-policy-properties.json"), JsonObject.class);
+        OperationalPolicy policy = new OperationalPolicy("testPolicy", null, jsonConfig);
+
+        List<String> guardsList = policy.createGuardPolicyPayloads();
+
+        JSONAssert.assertEquals(ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("tosca/guard1-policy-payload.json"),
+            guardsList.get(0), false);
+
+        JSONAssert.assertEquals(ResourceFileUtil.getResourceAsString("tosca/guard2-policy-payload.json"),
+            guardsList.get(1), false);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tosca/guard1-policy-payload.json b/src/test/resources/tosca/guard1-policy-payload.json
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+++ b/src/test/resources/tosca/guard1-policy-payload.json
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+{
+	"policy-id": "guard1",
+	"contents": {
+		"recipe": "Rebuild",
+		"actor": "SO",
+		"clname": "testloop",
+		"guardTargets": ".*",
+		"minGuard": "3",
+		"maxGuard": "7",
+		"limitGuard": "",
+		"timeUnitsGuard": "",
+		"timeWindowGuard": "",
+		"guardActiveStart": "00:00:01-05:00",
+		"guardActiveEnd": "23:59:01-05:00"
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/tosca/guard2-policy-payload.json b/src/test/resources/tosca/guard2-policy-payload.json
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+++ b/src/test/resources/tosca/guard2-policy-payload.json
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+{
+	"policy-id": "guard2",
+	"contents": {
+		"recipe": "Migrate",
+		"actor": "SO",
+		"clname": "testloop",
+		"guardTargets": ".*",
+		"minGuard": "1",
+		"maxGuard": "2",
+		"limitGuard": "",
+		"timeUnitsGuard": "",
+		"timeWindowGuard": "",
+		"guardActiveStart": "00:00:01-05:00",
+		"guardActiveEnd": "23:59:01-05:00"
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-payload.yaml b/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-payload.yaml
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+++ b/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-payload.yaml
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+tosca_definitions_version: tosca_simple_yaml_1_0_0
+topology_template:
+  policies:
+  - testPolicy:
+      type: onap.policies.controlloop.Operational
+      version: 1.0.0
+      metadata: {policy-id: testPolicy}
+      properties:
+        controlLoop: {controlLoopName: control loop, version: 2.0.0, trigger_policy: new1,
+          timeout: '30', abatement: 'true'}
+        policies:
+        - id: new1
+          recipe: Rebuild
+          retry: '10'
+          timeout: '20'
+          actor: SO
+          payload: test
+          success: new2
+          failure: new2
+          failure_timeout: new2
+          failure_retries: new2
+          failure_exception: new2
+          failure_guard: new2
+          target: {type: VFC, resourceTargetId: test}
+        - id: new2
+          recipe: Migrate
+          retry: '30'
+          timeout: '40'
+          actor: SDNC
+          payload: test
+          target: {type: VFC, resourceTargetId: test}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-properties.json b/src/test/resources/tosca/operational-policy-properties.json
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+{
+	"guard_policies": {
+		"guard1":{
+			"recipe": "Rebuild",
+			"actor": "SO",
+			"clname": "testloop",
+			"guardTargets": ".*",
+			"minGuard": "3",
+			"maxGuard": "7",
+			"limitGuard": "",
+			"timeUnitsGuard": "",
+			"timeWindowGuard": "",
+			"guardActiveStart": "00:00:01-05:00",
+			"guardActiveEnd": "23:59:01-05:00"
+		},
+		"guard2":{
+			"recipe": "Migrate",
+			"actor": "SO",
+			"clname": "testloop",
+			"guardTargets": ".*",
+			"minGuard": "1",
+			"maxGuard": "2",
+			"limitGuard": "",
+			"timeUnitsGuard": "",
+			"timeWindowGuard": "",
+			"guardActiveStart": "00:00:01-05:00",
+			"guardActiveEnd": "23:59:01-05:00"
+		}
+	},
+	"operational_policy": {
+		"controlLoop": {
+			"controlLoopName": "control loop",
+			"version": "2.0.0",
+			"trigger_policy": "new1",
+			"timeout": "30",
+			"abatement": "true"
+		},
+		"policies": [
+			{
+				"id": "new1",
+				"recipe": "Rebuild",
+				"retry": "10",
+				"timeout": "20",
+				"actor": "SO",
+				"payload": "test",
+				"success": "new2",
+				"failure": "new2",
+				"failure_timeout": "new2",
+				"failure_retries": "new2",
+				"failure_exception": "new2",
+				"failure_guard": "new2",
+				"target": {
+					"type": "VFC",
+					"resourceTargetId": "test"
+				}
+			},
+			{
+				"id": "new2",
+				"recipe": "Migrate",
+				"retry": "30",
+				"timeout": "40",
+				"actor": "SDNC",
+				"payload": "test",
+				"target": {
+					"type": "VFC",
+					"resourceTargetId": "test"
+				}
+			}
+		]
+	}
+}