# Specify Unpackaged Metadata or Apex Access for Apex Tests (Unlocked Packages)

## Specify Unpackaged Metadata for Package Version Creation Tests

Specify the path to the unpackaged metadata in your sfdx-project.json file.

In this example, metadata in the my-unpackaged-directory is available for test runs during the package version creation of the TV_unl package.

```nolang
"packageDirectories": [
    {
        "path": "force-app",
        "package": "TV_unl",
        "versionName": "ver 0.1",
        "versionNumber": "0.1.0.NEXT",
        "default": true,
        "unpackagedMetadata": {
            "path": "my-unpackaged-directory"
        }
    },
]
```

The `unpackagedMetadata` attribute is intended for metadata that isn’t part of your package. You can’t include the same metadata in both an unpackaged directory and a packaged directory.

## Manage Apex Access for Package Version Creation Tests

Sometimes the Apex tests that you write require a user to have certain permission sets or permission set licenses. Use the `apexTestAccess` setting to assign permission sets and permission set licenses to the user in whose context your Apex tests get run at package version creation.

```nolang
"packageDirectories": [
    {
        "path": "force-app",
        "package": "TV_unl",
        "versionName": "ver 0.1",
        "versionNumber": "0.1.0.NEXT",
        "default": true,
        "unpackagedMetadata": {
            "path": "my-unpackaged-directory"
        },
        "apexTestAccess": {
               "permissionSets": [
                   "Permission_Set_1",
                   "Permission_Set_2"
               ],
               "permissionSetLicenses": [
                   "SalesConsoleUser"
               ]
           }

    },
]
```

:::note
To assign user licenses, use the [runAs Method](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexcode.meta/apexcode/apex_testing_tools_runas.htm). User licenses can't be assigned in the sfdx-project.json file.
:::