Home
Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test assets in Rational® Test Automation Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.
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.
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.
Usage of test data generation job
When the job to generate the test data is complete, you can download the test data generated job from the Jobs page. You can use the job details to troubleshoot the failed jobs and to regenerate the successful jobs.
Regenerating test data
When you want to generate another set of test data by using an existing schema, then instead of defining a schema again, you can regenerate test data.

Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test assets in Rational® Test Automation Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.
- 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.
  - Test data generation from structured schemas
    When you want to test your application by using randomly generated test data, then you must generate the test data from the structured schemas.
  - 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.
    - Usage of test data generation job
      When the job to generate the test data is complete, you can download the test data generated job from the Jobs page. You can use the job details to troubleshoot the failed jobs and to regenerate the successful jobs.
      - Downloading test data
        When you want to test any application by using the generated test data or to reuse the data of any specific schema definition for some other project, you can download the generated test data into your local file system.
      - Regenerating test data
        When you want to generate another set of test data by using an existing schema, then instead of defining a schema again, you can regenerate test data.
      - Configuring job settings
        HCL® OneTest™ Data periodically deletes all the generated test data and the jobs of test data generation with API history to clear the memory. However, if you want to change the default number of days to retain the generated test data jobs in memory, you must configure the job settings.
    - Jobs management
      When you run a job to generate the test data, you can view the job details on the Jobs page. The Jobs page helps you to view and to manage the list of all the jobs that you execute.

Regenerating test data

When you want to generate another set of test data by using an existing schema, then instead of defining a schema again, you can regenerate test data.

Before you begin

You must have a project.
You must have generated test data.

About this task

On the Jobs page, you can view the list of all test data generated jobs. If you want to use the existing data model or schema to generate different values of test data, you must regenerate with an empty seed value. However, if the seed value is not empty, then the same test data is generated as it was generated earlier for that schema.

Procedure

Select your project in Rational® Test Automation Server and go to the Data Fabrication page.
Click Jobs.
You can view the list of data generated jobs.
Select a job for which you want to regenerate the test data.
You can select multiple jobs at a time to regenerate the test data.
Click Regenerate data from the menu or click the Regenerate data icon .

Results

The test data for the required schema is regenerated and is listed on the Jobs page.

What to do next

You can download the regenerated test data. See, Downloading test data.