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Test Author guide
This guide, which is intended for a tester and test manager, describes how to create test assets in Rational® Test Automation Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured.
Generation of test data
To test an application, you use data that is passed to get real-time results. Since creating test data manually is time-consuming, you can use HCL® OneTest™ Data, an automated tool to generate random test data. You can generate the test data in various file formats.
Schema design overview
When you compose a schema by using HCL® OneTest™ Data you must define the types of the schema. You can also modify the types of the schema when you import any schema from local file system or use the schema generated by using any external resource.
Setting type properties
After you add types to your schema, you must set type properties.

Test Author guide
This guide, which is intended for a tester and test manager, describes how to create test assets in Rational® Test Automation Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured.
- Datasets overview
  A dataset provides tests with variable data during a run. The test that uses a dataset at run time replaces a value in the recorded test with variable test data that is stored in the dataset.
- Generation of test data
  To test an application, you use data that is passed to get real-time results. Since creating test data manually is time-consuming, you can use HCL® OneTest™ Data, an automated tool to generate random test data. You can generate the test data in various file formats.
  - Schema fabrication
    A schema is a graphical structure to represent different types of data. You can fabricate a schema for the generation of test data.
  - Schema design overview
    When you compose a schema by using HCL® OneTest™ Data you must define the types of the schema. You can also modify the types of the schema when you import any schema from local file system or use the schema generated by using any external resource.
    - Defining types
      For optimum test data generation, you must define entire data of schema into types. Types are the components of schemas. After you design schema in the schema designer, you must define entire data as types by using type designer.
    - Setting type properties
      After you add types to your schema, you must set type properties.
      - Setting weightage values
        You can set weightage values for an item type to determine how often the value of that item type can be displayed in the generated test data.
      - Setting regular expressions
        When you want values of an item type to appear in a certain pattern in the generated test data, you must set the Regular Expression property for that item type in a defined schema.
      - Integrating sample files into a schema
        When you want to generate the test data, you must define a schema. HCL® OneTest™ Data provides sample files with item type values so that you can integrate the sample file into a schema by mapping it to any item type.
      - Adding JavaScript rules
        When you have a JavaScript file with defined rules to create values for any item type, then you can add the JavaScript rules to create the values for the mapped item type.
    - Designing a structural view of a schema
      To define how the item and group types are organized and are related to each other, you must design the structural view of a schema before generating the test data.
    - Setting restrictions
      When you define any item type for a schema, you can specify valid values to that type. You can define validations to the types by setting the restrictions.
    - Applying functions
      You can apply functions on the item types of a schema to define the component rules.
  - Generated test data in JDBC database
    When you want the generated test data in any Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) supported database, you can generate the test data by using HCL® OneTest™ Data. Subsequently, HCL OneTest Data inserts the generated test data directly in the configured JDBC supported database.
  - Generating test data
    When you have a defined and structured schema for the entire data, you can generate test data to perform application testing.
  - Generated test data for SAP BAPI
    When you want to generate test data for SAP Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI), you can generate a schema in HCL® OneTest™ Data based on structured schema of SAP BAPI function modules. You can then generate the test data by using the generated schema in HCL OneTest Data.
  - Generated test data for SAP IDoc or DXOB
    When you want to generate the test data for an SAP Intermediate Document (IDoc) or Data Transfer Object (DXOB) file, you can generate a schema in HCL® OneTest™ Data by using the structured schema of the SAP IDoc or DXOB file. You can then generate the test data by using the generated schema in HCL OneTest Data.
  - Status of generated test data
    You can view the status of all the test data generated jobs performed in your project, on the Jobs page.

Setting type properties

After you add types to your schema, you must set type properties.

Before you begin

You must have a schema with types.

Procedure

Select a type and click the context menu of the type.
Click Properties.
The Properties dialog box appears.
Enter the name, class and description details of the type.
Choose the class of the type as Category, Group, or Item.
The properties of the selected type appear.
Define the required properties for the selected type.
Click Advanced properties to provide additional property details of the type.

For information about type properties, see related links at the end of this page.

Note: In case you import any JSON or XSD format schema, you cannot modify the properties of any type of the schema.
Save your changes.

Results

The type properties of the schema are defined and saved successfully.

What to do next

When you finish defining the properties for all the types of your schema, you must prepare a structural view of the schema by using drag-and-drop method. See Designing a structural view of the schema.

Read the following topics to understand how to set certain properties for any item type: