diff --git a/auto-scale/gui/spec/.eslintrc b/auto-scale/gui/spec/.eslintrc
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+{
+    "globals" :{
+        "describe": true,
+        "beforeEach": true,
+        "it": true,
+        "inject": true,
+        "expect": true
+    } 
+}
diff --git a/auto-scale/gui/spec/autoscaling.test.js b/auto-scale/gui/spec/autoscaling.test.js
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+'use strict';
+
+describe('In autoscaling app', () => {
+  var scope, element, vm, httpBackend, Service;
+
+
+
+  beforeEach(module('autoscaling'));
+  beforeEach(module('templates'));
+
+  beforeEach(inject(($httpBackend, $rootScope, Autoscaling) => {
+    httpBackend = $httpBackend;
+    scope = $rootScope.$new();
+    Service = Autoscaling;
+  }));
+
+  describe('the serviceContainer', () => {
+    beforeEach(inject(function($httpBackend, $compile){
+      
+      httpBackend.whenGET('/autoscaledata').respond(200, autoscalingMock);
+
+      element = angular.element('<service-container></service-container>');
+      $compile(element)(scope);
+
+      scope.$digest();
+      vm = element.isolateScope().vm;
+      httpBackend.flush();
+    }));
+
+    it('should correctly format data', () => {
+      expect(vm.services['service1']).toBeDefined();
+      expect(vm.services['service1']['slice1']).toBeDefined();
+      expect(vm.services['service1']['slice1']['instance1']).toBeDefined();
+
+      expect(vm.services['service1']['slice1']['instance1'][0].counter_volume).toBe(10);
+      expect(vm.services['service1']['slice1']['instance1'][1].counter_volume).toBe(11);
+
+      // triggering the function with 2 resources
+      vm.printData(Service.formatData(autoscalingMock2instances));
+
+      const keys = Object.keys(vm.services['service1']['slice1']);
+
+      expect(vm.services['service1']['slice1'][keys[0]][0].counter_volume).toBe(10);
+      expect(vm.services['service1']['slice1'][keys[0]][1].counter_volume).toBe(11);
+
+    });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/auto-scale/gui/spec/autoscaling_data.mock.js b/auto-scale/gui/spec/autoscaling_data.mock.js
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+var autoscalingMock =[
+  {
+    'slice': 'slice1',
+    'service': 'service1',
+    'project_id': 'project1',
+    'resources': {
+      'resource1': {
+        'queue': [
+          {
+            'timestamp': '2015-12-17T22:55:36Z',
+            'counter_volume': 10,
+          },
+          {
+            'timestamp': '2015-12-17T22:55:46Z',
+            'counter_volume': 11,
+          }
+        ],
+        'xos_instance_info': {
+          'instance_name': 'instance1'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+];
+
+var autoscalingMock2instances =[
+  {
+    'slice': 'slice1',
+    'service': 'service1',
+    'project_id': 'project1',
+    'resources': {
+      'resource2': {
+        'queue': [
+          {
+            'timestamp': '2015-12-17T22:55:36Z',
+            'counter_volume': 20,
+          },
+          {
+            'timestamp': '2015-12-17T22:55:46Z',
+            'counter_volume': 21,
+          }
+        ],
+        'xos_instance_info': {
+          'instance_name': 'instance2'
+        }
+      },
+      'resource1': {
+        'queue': [
+          {
+            'timestamp': '2015-12-17T22:55:36Z',
+            'counter_volume': 10,
+          },
+          {
+            'timestamp': '2015-12-17T22:55:46Z',
+            'counter_volume': 11,
+          }
+        ],
+        'xos_instance_info': {
+          'instance_name': 'instance1'
+        }
+      },
+    }
+  }
+];
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