diff --git a/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m b/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
index feb82bf0ac9118d03762699d8ab34b6d06a7f7f2..557144ccdb55fdc352bb83cf17315892f15429ad 100644
--- a/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
+++ b/matlab/tests/test_requestnames.m
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ classdef (SharedTestFixtures={...
       %  'Warning issued from gdat call:\n   %s\n',gdat_call);
 
       % (add optional sanity checks of gdat_out here)
+      gdat_out
       switch request
+        case {'ece', 'expcode', 'ids', 'ni', 'ti', 'transp'}
+          % tests not yet fully implemented and empty
         case 'rtc'
           % in this case .data is empty, all in .scd_mems
           testCase.assertTrue(isfield(gdat_out,'scd_mems') && isstruct(gdat_out.scd_mems));