diff --git a/src/test/cord-api/Tests/data/Ch_SanityInstance.json b/src/test/cord-api/Tests/data/Ch_SanityInstance.json
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+{
+     "InstanceInfo": [
+            {
+            "name": "test-instance1",
+            "image_id": 1,
+            "slice_id": 1,
+            "deployment_id": 1,
+            "node_id": 1,
+            "creator_id" : 1
+            },
+            {
+            "name": "test-instance",
+            "image_id": 1,
+            "slice_id": 1,
+            "deployment_id": 1,
+            "node_id": 1,
+            "creator_id" : 1
+             }
+    ]
+}