diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/AbstractSparkAction.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/AbstractSparkAction.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..37ee1d8b3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/AbstractSparkAction.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.application.ArgumentApplicationParser;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.utils.ISLookupClientFactory;
+import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpException;
+import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpService;
+import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.DedupConfig;
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.spark.SparkConf;
+import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession;
+import org.dom4j.Document;
+import org.dom4j.DocumentException;
+import org.dom4j.Element;
+import org.dom4j.io.SAXReader;
+import scala.xml.Elem;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.io.StringReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+abstract class AbstractSparkAction implements Serializable {
+
+    public ArgumentApplicationParser parser;   //parameters for the spark action
+    public ISLookUpService isLookUpService;    //lookup service to take dedupconfig
+
+    public AbstractSparkAction(ArgumentApplicationParser parser, ISLookUpService isLookUpService) throws Exception {
+
+        this.parser = parser;
+        this.isLookUpService = isLookUpService;
+    }
+
+    public List<DedupConfig> getConfigurations(String orchestrator) throws ISLookUpException, DocumentException, IOException {
+
+        final String xquery = String.format("/RESOURCE_PROFILE[.//DEDUPLICATION/ACTION_SET/@id = '%s']", orchestrator);
+
+        String orchestratorProfile = isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(xquery);
+
+        final Document doc = new SAXReader().read(new StringReader(orchestratorProfile));
+
+        final String actionSetId = doc.valueOf("//DEDUPLICATION/ACTION_SET/@id");
+
+        final List<DedupConfig> configurations = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (final Object o : doc.selectNodes("//SCAN_SEQUENCE/SCAN")) {
+            configurations.add(loadConfig(isLookUpService, actionSetId, o));
+        }
+
+        return configurations;
+    }
+
+    public DedupConfig loadConfig(final ISLookUpService isLookUpService, final String actionSetId, final Object o)
+            throws ISLookUpException, IOException {
+        final Element s = (Element) o;
+        final String configProfileId = s.attributeValue("id");
+        final String conf =
+                isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(String.format(
+                        "for $x in /RESOURCE_PROFILE[.//RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER/@value = '%s'] return $x//DEDUPLICATION/text()",
+                        configProfileId));
+
+        DedupConfig dedupConfig = new ObjectMapper().readValue(conf, DedupConfig.class);
+        dedupConfig.getPace().initModel();
+        dedupConfig.getPace().initTranslationMap();
+        dedupConfig.getWf().setConfigurationId(actionSetId);
+
+        return dedupConfig;
+    }
+
+    abstract void run() throws DocumentException, IOException, ISLookUpException;
+
+    protected SparkSession getSparkSession(ArgumentApplicationParser parser) {
+        SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
+
+        return SparkSession
+                .builder()
+                .appName(SparkCreateSimRels.class.getSimpleName())
+                .master(parser.get("master"))
+                .config(conf)
+                .getOrCreate();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateSimRels.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateSimRels.java
index 6025a54c1b..000a96a56c 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateSimRels.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkCreateSimRels.java
@@ -28,25 +28,31 @@ import org.dom4j.Element;
 import org.dom4j.io.SAXReader;
 import scala.Tuple2;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.StringReader;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class SparkCreateSimRels implements Serializable {
+public class SparkCreateSimRels extends AbstractSparkAction {
 
     private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(SparkCreateSimRels.class);
 
+    public SparkCreateSimRels(ArgumentApplicationParser parser, ISLookUpService isLookUpService) throws Exception {
+        super(parser, isLookUpService);
+    }
+
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
-        final ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(
+        ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(
                 IOUtils.toString(
                         SparkCreateSimRels.class.getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/createSimRels_parameters.json")));
         parser.parseArgument(args);
 
-        new SparkCreateSimRels().run(parser);
+        new SparkCreateSimRels(parser, ISLookupClientFactory.getLookUpService(parser.get("isLookUpUrl"))).run();
     }
 
-    private void run(ArgumentApplicationParser parser) throws ISLookUpException, DocumentException {
+    @Override
+    public void run() throws DocumentException, IOException, ISLookUpException {
 
         //read oozie parameters
         final String graphBasePath = parser.get("graphBasePath");
@@ -59,38 +65,35 @@ public class SparkCreateSimRels implements Serializable {
         System.out.println(String.format("actionSetId: '%s'", actionSetId));
         System.out.println(String.format("workingPath: '%s'", workingPath));
 
-        List<DedupConfig> configurations = getConfigurations(isLookUpUrl, actionSetId);
-        System.out.println("configurations = " + configurations.size());
+        try (SparkSession spark = getSparkSession(parser)) {
+            final JavaSparkContext sc = new JavaSparkContext(spark.sparkContext());
 
-//        try (SparkSession spark = getSparkSession(parser)) {
-//            final JavaSparkContext sc = new JavaSparkContext(spark.sparkContext());
-//
-//            //for each dedup configuration
-//            for (DedupConfig dedupConf: getConfigurations(isLookUpUrl, actionSetId)) {
-//                final String entity = dedupConf.getWf().getEntityType();
-//                final String subEntity = dedupConf.getWf().getSubEntityValue();
-//
-//                JavaPairRDD<String, MapDocument> mapDocument = sc.textFile(DedupUtility.createEntityPath(graphBasePath, subEntity))
-//                        .mapToPair((PairFunction<String, String, MapDocument>)  s -> {
-//                            MapDocument d = MapDocumentUtil.asMapDocumentWithJPath(dedupConf, s);
-//                            return new Tuple2<String, MapDocument>(d.getIdentifier(), d);
-//                        });
-//
-//                //create blocks for deduplication
-//                JavaPairRDD<String, List<MapDocument>> blocks = Deduper.createsortedBlocks(sc, mapDocument, dedupConf);
-//
-//                //create relations by comparing only elements in the same group
-//                final JavaPairRDD<String, String> dedupRels = Deduper.computeRelations2(sc, blocks, dedupConf);
-//
-//                JavaRDD<Relation> relationsRDD = dedupRels.map(r -> createSimRel(r._1(), r._2(), entity));
-//
-//                //save the simrel in the workingdir
-//                spark.createDataset(relationsRDD.rdd(), Encoders.bean(Relation.class))
-//                        .write()
-//                        .mode("overwrite")
-//                        .save(DedupUtility.createSimRelPath(workingPath, actionSetId, subEntity));
-//            }
-//        }
+            //for each dedup configuration
+            for (DedupConfig dedupConf: getConfigurations(actionSetId)) {
+                final String entity = dedupConf.getWf().getEntityType();
+                final String subEntity = dedupConf.getWf().getSubEntityValue();
+
+                JavaPairRDD<String, MapDocument> mapDocument = sc.textFile(DedupUtility.createEntityPath(graphBasePath, subEntity))
+                        .mapToPair((PairFunction<String, String, MapDocument>)  s -> {
+                            MapDocument d = MapDocumentUtil.asMapDocumentWithJPath(dedupConf, s);
+                            return new Tuple2<String, MapDocument>(d.getIdentifier(), d);
+                        });
+
+                //create blocks for deduplication
+                JavaPairRDD<String, List<MapDocument>> blocks = Deduper.createsortedBlocks(sc, mapDocument, dedupConf);
+
+                //create relations by comparing only elements in the same group
+                final JavaPairRDD<String, String> dedupRels = Deduper.computeRelations2(sc, blocks, dedupConf);
+
+                JavaRDD<Relation> relationsRDD = dedupRels.map(r -> createSimRel(r._1(), r._2(), entity));
+
+                //save the simrel in the workingdir
+                spark.createDataset(relationsRDD.rdd(), Encoders.bean(Relation.class))
+                        .write()
+                        .mode("overwrite")
+                        .save(DedupUtility.createSimRelPath(workingPath, actionSetId, subEntity));
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -130,49 +133,4 @@ public class SparkCreateSimRels implements Serializable {
         }
         return r;
     }
-
-    private static SparkSession getSparkSession(ArgumentApplicationParser parser) {
-        SparkConf conf = new SparkConf();
-
-        return SparkSession
-                .builder()
-                .appName(SparkCreateSimRels.class.getSimpleName())
-                .master(parser.get("master"))
-                .config(conf)
-                .getOrCreate();
-    }
-
-    public List<DedupConfig> getConfigurations(String isLookUpUrl, String orchestrator) throws ISLookUpException, DocumentException {
-        final ISLookUpService isLookUpService = ISLookupClientFactory.getLookUpService(isLookUpUrl);
-
-        final String xquery = String.format("/RESOURCE_PROFILE[.//DEDUPLICATION/ACTION_SET/@id = '%s']", orchestrator);
-
-        String orchestratorProfile = isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(xquery);
-
-        final Document doc = new SAXReader().read(new StringReader(orchestratorProfile));
-
-        final String actionSetId = doc.valueOf("//DEDUPLICATION/ACTION_SET/@id");
-        final List<DedupConfig> configurations = new ArrayList<>();
-
-        for (final Object o : doc.selectNodes("//SCAN_SEQUENCE/SCAN")) {
-            configurations.add(loadConfig(isLookUpService, actionSetId, o));
-        }
-
-        return configurations;
-
-    }
-
-    public DedupConfig loadConfig(final ISLookUpService isLookUpService, final String actionSetId, final Object o)
-            throws ISLookUpException {
-        final Element s = (Element) o;
-        final String configProfileId = s.attributeValue("id");
-        final String conf =
-                isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(String.format(
-                        "for $x in /RESOURCE_PROFILE[.//RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER/@value = '%s'] return $x//DEDUPLICATION/text()",
-                        configProfileId));
-        final DedupConfig dedupConfig = DedupConfig.load(conf);
-        dedupConfig.getWf().setConfigurationId(actionSetId);
-        return dedupConfig;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/MergeAuthorTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/MergeAuthorTest.java
similarity index 97%
rename from dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/MergeAuthorTest.java
rename to dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/MergeAuthorTest.java
index a729eaa9d9..69edf63438 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/MergeAuthorTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/MergeAuthorTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.dedup;
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.DedupUtility;
 import eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Publication;
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
similarity index 66%
rename from dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
rename to dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
index 2b5efbf4fe..421612265e 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/SparkDedupTest.java
@@ -1,56 +1,67 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.dedup;
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.hash.HashFunction;
 import com.google.common.hash.Hashing;
-import eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.SparkCreateSimRels;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.application.ArgumentApplicationParser;
+import eu.dnetlib.dhp.utils.ISLookupClientFactory;
 import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpException;
+import eu.dnetlib.enabling.is.lookup.rmi.ISLookUpService;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.DedupConfig;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.dom4j.DocumentException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.withSettings;
 
 @ExtendWith(MockitoExtension.class)
 public class SparkDedupTest {
 
-    @Mock
-    SparkCreateSimRels sparkCreateSimRels;
+    ISLookUpService isLookUpService = mock(ISLookUpService.class, withSettings().serializable());
 
-    public List<DedupConfig> prepareConfigurations() throws IOException {
-
-        return Lists.newArrayList(
-                DedupConfig.load(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/conf/org.curr.conf.json"))),
-                DedupConfig.load(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/conf/org.curr.conf.json")))
-        );
-    }
 
     @BeforeEach
     public void setUp() throws IOException, ISLookUpException, DocumentException {
 
-        when(sparkCreateSimRels.getConfigurations(anyString(), anyString())).thenReturn(prepareConfigurations());
+        withSettings().serializable();
 
+        when(isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(Mockito.contains("test-orchestrator")))
+                .thenReturn(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/profiles/mock_orchestrator.xml")));
+
+        when(isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(Mockito.contains("organization")))
+                .thenReturn(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/conf/org.curr.conf.json")));
+
+        when(isLookUpService.getResourceProfileByQuery(Mockito.contains("publication")))
+                .thenReturn(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/conf/pub.curr.conf.json")));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void createSimRelsTest() throws Exception {
-        SparkCreateSimRels.main(new String[]{
+
+        ArgumentApplicationParser parser = new ArgumentApplicationParser(
+                IOUtils.toString(
+                        SparkCreateSimRels.class.getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/createSimRels_parameters.json")));
+        parser.parseArgument(new String[]{
                 "-mt", "local[*]",
                 "-i", "/Users/miconis/dumps",
-                "-asi", "dedup-similarity-result-levenstein",
+                "-asi", "test-orchestrator",
                 "-la", "lookupurl",
-                "-w", "workingPath"
-        });
+                "-w", "workingPath"});
+
+        new SparkCreateSimRels(parser, isLookUpService).run();
+
     }
 
 //    @Disabled("must be parametrized to run locally")
@@ -93,4 +104,12 @@ public class SparkDedupTest {
         System.out.println(s2.hashCode());
         System.out.println(hashFunction.hashString(s2).asLong());
     }
+
+    public List<DedupConfig> prepareConfigurations() throws IOException {
+
+        return Lists.newArrayList(
+                DedupConfig.load(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/conf/org.curr.conf.json"))),
+                DedupConfig.load(IOUtils.toString(getClass().getResourceAsStream("/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/conf/org.curr.conf.json")))
+        );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/jpath/JsonPathTest.java b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/jpath/JsonPathTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/jpath/JsonPathTest.java
rename to dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/jpath/JsonPathTest.java
index e1f92d867a..d72734ed5a 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/dedup/jpath/JsonPathTest.java
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/oa/dedup/jpath/JsonPathTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.dedup.jpath;
+package eu.dnetlib.dhp.oa.dedup.jpath;
 
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.config.DedupConfig;
 import eu.dnetlib.pace.model.MapDocument;
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/profiles/mock_orchestrator.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/profiles/mock_orchestrator.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a4871223c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-dedup-openaire/src/test/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/dedup/profiles/mock_orchestrator.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<RESOURCE_PROFILE>
+    <HEADER>
+        <RESOURCE_IDENTIFIER value=""/>
+        <RESOURCE_TYPE value="DedupOrchestrationDSResourceType"/>
+        <RESOURCE_KIND value="DedupOrchestrationDSResources"/>
+        <RESOURCE_URI value=""/>
+        <DATE_OF_CREATION value="2001-12-31T12:00:00"/>
+    </HEADER>
+    <BODY>
+        <CONFIGURATION enabled="true">
+            <DEDUPLICATION>
+                <ENTITY code="20" label="Organization" name="organization"/>
+                <ACTION_SET id="test-orchestrator"/>
+                <SCAN_SEQUENCE>
+                    <SCAN id="organization"/>
+                    <SCAN id="publication"/>
+                </SCAN_SEQUENCE>
+            </DEDUPLICATION>
+        </CONFIGURATION>
+        <STATUS>
+            <LAST_UPDATE value="2001-12-31T12:00:00"/>
+        </STATUS>
+        <SECURITY_PARAMETERS>SECURITY_PARAMETERS</SECURITY_PARAMETERS>
+    </BODY>
+</RESOURCE_PROFILE>
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