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Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test assets in HCL OneTest™ 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.
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.

Test Author Guide
This guide describes how to create test assets in HCL OneTest™ 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.
    - 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.
    - 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.
  - 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.

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.

Adding types to a schema

The types in the schema are arranged in a hierarchy. A new schema by default has Root type. You can add subtypes to the Root type to define a schema.

Before you begin

You have a schema for your project.

About this task

Types are the set of data objects. A new schema has a single Root type. All types are added as subtypes of the Root type and then as subtypes of other types.

Procedure

Select the type under which you want to add a subtype. For example, select "Root".
From the menu of the selected type, click Add.
The subtype is created of the similar type as of the selected type and it appears under the selected type.
Note: You cannot add any type to a JSON or an XSD schema.
Save the changes.

Results

You can view the nested structure of types.

What to do next

You must define the properties of the types of the schema. For information about how to setup type properties, see related links at the end of this page.

Copying a type

To create more types with similar properties, you can copy an existing type.

About this task

In addition to using the drag-and-drop method, you can use the menu to copy a type.

Procedure

Select the type that you want to copy and click Copy from the menu.
Select the target type—the type under which you want to copy the given type.
Click Paste from the menu of the target type.

Results

You can view a new type with the properties similar to an existing type.

What to do next

You can modify the name, description, and the properties of the copied type.

Deleting a type

When you want to remove any type from the schema, you can delete it.

Procedure

Select the type that you want to delete and click Delete from the menu.
Click Yes to confirm and save the changes.

You can select more than one type simultaneously by using Multiselect option.

Note: You cannot delete any type of a JSON or an XSD schema.

Results

The selected type is deleted.