Test material

The Kanta Services may provide a reasonable amount of test IDs and other test material to an organisation carrying out testing in the client test service. The joint testing will be carried out using the test IDs and any template situations created for this purpose.

Test IDs

Only 900-series personal identity codes issued by Kela, i.e. personal identity codes in the format 010181-900C, for example, can be used for testing purposes in the Kanta Services test environment. The 900-series personal identity codes are meant for test use, and they meet the requirements for the format of the personal identity code. It is strictly forbidden to use any other personal identity codes besides 900-series personal identity codes in the Kanta Services test environment.

The use of any identifiers that belong to a real person is forbidden in the Kanta Services test environments, e.g. names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses.

It is possible to create family relationships for test patients. For a specific reason, test persons can also be created with the name information required by the client, e.g. names shown in the MyKanta test service.

Kela certificates and statements can only be tested with a test ID generated for that purpose. If this is the case, please state this in your request.

The test IDs assigned for independent testing can be used for cross-testing different Kanta Services, i.e. the same test ID can be used to test e.g. the Prescription service and the Client Data Repository for Social Welfare Services. However, test IDs issued for the purpose of joint testing may only be used to carry out joint testing test cases.

Test IDs for independent testing can be requested from kanta@kanta.fi. Please also include in the message any more detailed requests you may have for the test ID.

Temporary identifier

Each organisation is responsible for managing temporary personal identifiers and Kela does not issue them to its clients.

Temporary identifiers are used in situations where a person does not have an official personal identity code or the official personal identity code is not known. A temporary identifier is used, for example, in a situation where the patient is from overseas and does not have a Finnish personal identity code Temporary identifiers are also referred to as temporary personal identity numbers and temporary personal identity codes.

The OID code for test IDs provided for Kela testing is 1.2.246.21.DDMMYY-9000. The OID code for temporary identifiers is in the format:

  • 1.2.246.10.businessID.22.year.temporary identifier
  • 1.2.246.10.businessID.10.placeofbusiness.22.year.temporary identifier.

Test prescriptions of the Prescription service

If necessary, the Kanta Services can provide a reasonable amount of test material using the test laboratory’s information systems.

For more information on test materials, please contact yhteistestaus@kanta.fi.

Test material for Imaging Data Repository

For more information about the imaging test material, please contact yhteistestaus@kanta.fi.

Last updated 21.3.2025