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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.
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.
Generating test data by using multiple schemas
When you have multiple schemas generated by external resources in HCL® OneTest™ Data, then you can generate the test data by using multiple schemas.
Selecting multiple schemas
After you define the properties of schemas, you must select schemas and view the relationships among them to generate the test data for multiple schemas simultaneously.

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.
  - 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.
    - Generated test data in JDBC-supported databases
      When you want the generated test data in any Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) supported database, you can generate the test data by using HCL® OneTest™ Data. Subsequently, HCL OneTest Data inserts the generated test data directly in the configured JDBC-supported database.
    - Generated test data for SAP IDoc or DXOB
      When you want to generate the test data for an SAP Intermediate Document (IDoc) or Data Transfer Object (DXOB) file, you can generate a schema in HCL® OneTest™ Data by using the structured schema of the SAP IDoc or DXOB file. You can then generate the test data by using the generated schema in HCL OneTest Data.
    - Generated test data for SAP BAPI
      When you want to generate test data for SAP Business Application Programming Interface (BAPI), you can generate a schema in HCL® OneTest™ Data based on structured schema of SAP BAPI function modules. You can then generate the test data by using the generated schema in HCL OneTest Data.
    - Generated test data in MongoDB
      When you use MongoDB as a database in your application testing environment and you want the generated test data in MongoDB, then you can generate the test data by using HCL® OneTest™ Data. Subsequently, HCL OneTest Data inserts the generated test data directly in MongoDB.
    - Generated test data for an Excel file
      When you use Microsoft Excel as a database in your application testing environment and you want to use the structure of an Excel file to generate test data, then you can generate the test data for the selected Excel file by using HCL® OneTest™ Data.
    - Generating test data
      When you have a defined and structured schema for the entire data, you can generate test data to perform application testing.
    - Generating test data by using multiple schemas
      When you have multiple schemas generated by external resources in HCL® OneTest™ Data, then you can generate the test data by using multiple schemas.
      - Selecting multiple schemas
        After you define the properties of schemas, you must select schemas and view the relationships among them to generate the test data for multiple schemas simultaneously.
      - Defining properties of schemas
        After you generate the schema from the configured database in HCL® OneTest™ Data, you must define the required properties for all schemas.
      - Generating test data for selected schemas
        After you select multiple schemas on the Schema Integrity page, you can generate the test data of all the selected schemas simultaneously.
  - 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.

Selecting multiple schemas

After you define the properties of schemas, you must select schemas and view the relationships among them to generate the test data for multiple schemas simultaneously.

Before you begin

You must have completed the following tasks:

Created a project.
Generated schemas in HCL® OneTest™ Data by using a JDBC connection. See Generating a schema in HCL OneTest Data.
Defined properties for the generated schemas. See Defining properties of schemas.

Procedure

Select your project in Rational® Test Automation Server and navigate to the Data Fabrication page.
Click Schema Integrity to select schemas.
The Select Schemas dialog box is displayed.
Click the field to view the list of schemas that are generated by using the JDBC connection.
Select multiple schemas.

Note: You can select a maximum of 10 schemas.
Click Import to import the selected schemas into the Schema Integrity page.

You can find the structural view of all the selected schemas with their relationships with each other.

Note: You can use the scroll wheel or pinch-to-zoom option on the Schema Integrity page to view the structural view of all schemas and relationships.
Verify the relationships among the selected schemas.
Select schemas based on the following criteria:
- If a schema does not have a relationship with any other schema on the Schema Integrity page, then you must select that schema manually. Otherwise, click Select All to select all schemas to generate the test data.
- If a schema has a relationship with other schemas and is selected, then all the related schemas get selected automatically.
Notes:
- You cannot select schemas that belong to different JDBC connections.
- You can use Modify canvas to add or remove the selected schemas.
- If any of the selected schema is deleted from the workspace, then the view of the Schema Integrity page changes as the deleted schema is removed from the Schema Integrity page.

Results

You have successfully selected multiple schemas for the generation of test data.

What to do next

You can generate the test data for the selected schemas. See Generating test data for selected schemas.