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Reference Guide
This guide describes conceptual information about data design environment components when you want to use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server.
Schema design
A schema is a graphical data dictionary that contains metadata definitions of the structure of a document to generate test data. Schema provides visual cues for understanding the structure and complete definition of an object.
Type properties
The properties of a type define the characteristics of the data objects of that type.
Item properties
Number item subclass properties
Interpret as character
Zoned character presentation

Reference Guide
This guide describes conceptual information about data design environment components when you want to use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server.
- Files
  You add a file to a project to use it as input in the project. You can upload a file from your local file system to a project from the Files tab to generate test data. Alternatively, you can upload it when you define an action.
- Connections
  A connection defines the properties that are required to connect to an external resource. An action uses a connection to provide source data to a project or write data from a source to a target. Multiple actions can use the same connection. You can define both connections and actions at the project level.
- Schema design
  A schema is a graphical data dictionary that contains metadata definitions of the structure of a document to generate test data. Schema provides visual cues for understanding the structure and complete definition of an object.
  - Introduction to schema design
    Use the Schemas tab to define, modify, and view schemas. A schema describes the syntax, structure, and semantics of your data.
  - Type properties
    The properties of a type define the characteristics of the data objects of that type.
  - Item restrictions
    Item restrictions are an optional feature you can use to specify valid or invalid data objects for an item type. Item restrictions are grouped into three categories: Value, Character, and Range.
  - Components
  - Partitioning
  - Type inheritance
  - Schema analyzer
  - Distinguishable objects
  - Functions and expressions

Zoned character presentation

The Zoned value is a number that has a size, decimal place, pad, and sign properties.

Use the "Size (digits)" property to specify the size of the zoned number. The size of a zoned number can also be specified in terms of minimum and maximum. The minimum size must be less than or equal to the maximum size.

When the content size of a character-zoned number is used, the last digit and the sign are combined into the same digit but the content size does not include the initiator, terminator, release characters, or pad characters.

When the content size of a character-zoned number is important (for example, when the SIZE function is used on the character zoned number), the content size includes the sign but does not include the initiator, terminator, release characters, or pad characters.

Use the "Sign" property to define whether the zoned number will be signed. The default value is No.

The size of a zoned number is specified in terms of the minimum and maximum number of digits. If the size is specified with the Min and Max properties, the sign is not included.

Example


Zoned Number Not Signed	Signed Zoned Number
1230	123{
1231	123A
(Length = 4 digits)	(Length = 4 digits)