Parameters of the Name generator

After you add the Name generator in a field of a Data definition, you can customize the existing configurations of the field.

When you click the Name generator of a specific field in the Data definition in the edit branch, the unique parameters of the Name generator that contains the existing configuration details for that field are displayed in the Name dialog.

The following table provides the list of UI elements of the Name dialog with their default parameters, and the actions that you can perform in the dialog to customize the parameters for the selected field:

UI element Description Default feature Action
The Generator field Displays the name of the selected generator, that is, Name. The name is not editable. NA
The Distribution field Determines if the names are randomly generated or not in the corresponding column of the test data. Contains the Random option. The Random option is selected.
  • Do not perform any action if you want the names, when generated in the test data, to follow a random distribution.
  • Clear the Random option if you want the names to follow a fixed distribution and to be non-random, when you add a new configuration.

    The percentage for each configuration is automatically rebalanced preserving the allocation in the existing configurations, when you add a configuration subsequently.
The Duplicates field Determines if duplicate or unique names are present in the generated data. Contains the Allowed option. The Allowed option is selected.

  • Do not perform any action if you want the generated names to include duplicate entries.

  • Clear the Allowed option if you want to ensure unique names with no duplicates. This will prevent any duplicate names from appearing in the generated data.

    When you clear the option, the Percentage fields of all the existing configurations become editable. You can set a fixed distribution for the names using the Percentage field.

    For example, if you set the percentage distribution of 30% to a configuration that contains the names with titles and 70% to another configuration that does not contain the title, then the names column of the generated data displays the values accordingly.
The Blank percentage field Determines the frequency of blank names in the generated data. Displays 0 and is editable. Enter a number from 0 to 100. For example, if you enter 10, approximately 10% of the names in the generated data will be blank.
The Name field Displays the custom name of the selected configuration. Displays Default and is editable. Enter an identifiable name to the selected configuration, if required.
The Percentage field Determines the proportion of the generated names when you do not select the Random option. Editable when Random is not selected.

If you did not select the Random option for distribution, enter a number from 0 to 100 in the Percentage field to set the percentage of names to be generated.

For example, if you enter 50, the generated data will display the names column with a 50% occurrence rate.
The Title option Determines whether the generated names include the title. The Title option is selected.
  • Do not perform any action if you want the generated names to include the title.
  • Clear the Allowed option if you want to exclude the title from the generated names.
The First Name option Determines whether the generated names include the first name. The First Name option is selected.
  • Do not perform any action if you want the generated names to include the first name.
  • Clear the Allowed option if you want to exclude the first name from the generated names.
The Last Name option Determines whether the generated names include the last name. The Last Name option is selected.
  • Do not perform any action if you want the generated names to include the last name.
  • Clear the Allowed option if you want to exclude the last name from the generated names.
The Add new configuration tab You can add additional name configurations with specific components and settings, if required.
  • The Name field displays Configuration-1 and is editable.
  • The Percentage field is editable when the Random option is not selected.
  • The selected options from the previous configuration remain selected, and the unselected options remain unselected for the following elements:
    • Title
    • First Name
    • Last Name

Click the tab and then add the required components for the additional configuration.

For example, you can have one configuration for names with titles and another configuration for names without titles. You can similarly customize the values, distribution, and percentage as required.

Note: You can click the delete icon Delete icon to delete any additional configuration that you do not need.
The Save to catalog option After the customization of the Name generator is complete, you can use the Name generator as the base generator to create a new custom generator. NA

Click the Save to catalog icon .

You can reuse the same configuration at a later time in different scenarios without having to set it up again from the scratch. See Creating custom generators and categories from Data definitions.
The preview icon Image of the preview icon for each configuration of generator. The preview icon Image of the preview icon for each configuration of generator. is available for each configuration of a generator. NA Click the preview icon Image of the preview icon for each configuration of generator. to view the sample test data for the selected configuration of a generator.
The close icon NA NA Click the icon to exit the Name generator dialog.
Note: The total percentage displayed in the Percentage fields of all the configurations in the Name generator should be equal to 100.