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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
Date & Time item subclass properties
Format

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

Format

You can define a date-time format from within the type properties, except for native schema XML.

The output format for the native schema XML date/time field is always:

{CCYY-MM-DD}T{HH24:MM:SS.3-3+/-ZZ:ZZ}

To specify a different output format, use Xerces XML instead.

To define the Date & Time format:

Open the type properties.
In the Item Subclass > Format property, click the browse button.
The Date Time dialog box is displayed.
Make your format selections and click OK.
You can use alphabetical characters as separators. In the example, 2001-04-02T10:32:59-0500, T is the separator.

Separators are limited to 60 characters.

Supported date formats:

CCYYMMDD
YYMMDD
MMDDCCYY
MMDDYY
CCYYDDD
YYDDD
DDMMCCYY
DDMMYY
Note: The DDMMCCYY and DDMMYY formats did not exist prior to version 6.5 of the Design Studio. If you had defined either one of these formats prior to 6.5 as a custom format, it will be recognized in 6.5 as the respective new format, instead of the previously defined custom format.