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Test Author guide
This guide, which is intended for a tester and test manager, describes how to create test assets in HCL OneTest™ Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured.
HCL OneTest Data overview
HCL OneTest™ Data is an automated and customizable tool to generate the test data. HCL OneTest Data is one of the components of HCL OneTest Server and can be accessed as Data Fabrication in the HCL OneTest Server GUI.
References
Find the understanding about the data design environment components of HCL® OneTest™ Data.
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.
Functions and Expressions
Number format strings
Trailing sign format strings

Test Author guide
This guide, which is intended for a tester and test manager, describes how to create test assets in HCL OneTest™ Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured.
- 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.
- HCL OneTest Data overview
  HCL OneTest™ Data is an automated and customizable tool to generate the test data. HCL OneTest Data is one of the components of HCL OneTest Server and can be accessed as Data Fabrication in the HCL OneTest Server GUI.
  - Data design environment overview
    The data design environment is a graphical interface to design all its components and data generation rules to generate test data on user demand. You use various components to structure data in HCL OneTest™ Data.
  - Task flows: HCL OneTest Data
    You can use the task flow diagram to get started with HCL OneTest™ Data. After you select your project in HCL OneTest Server and navigate to the Data Fabrication page, you can complete the tasks in sequence to generate the test data. You can click the links to get more information about the tasks.
  - 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.
  - Integration with other applications
    You can integrate certain applications with HCL OneTest™ Data to generate the test data.
  - Troubleshooting
    You can troubleshoot some of the common problems that you might encounter when you use HCL OneTest™ Data.
  - References
    Find the understanding about the data design environment components of HCL® OneTest™ Data.
    - 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
        Expressions and evaluations
        Using functions
        Syntax of a function
        Function argument syntax
        Functions that convert character-set encoding to the native code page
        General functions
        Bidirectional functions
        Bit manipulation and testing functions
        Conversion functions
        Date/time functions
        Error handling functions
        External interface functions
        Inspection functions
        Logical functions
        Lookup and reference functions
        Math and statistics functions
        Text functions
        XML functions
        Custom functions
        Date and time format strings
        Number format strings
        Leading sign format strings
        Trailing sign format strings
        Substring format strings
        Whole number and fraction format strings
        RUN function return codes
        Character set codes for CPACKAGE, CSERIESTOTEXT, and CTEXT

Trailing sign format strings


Sub-String Name	Sub-String Value	Positive	Negative
Trailing-Sign	"T" + Positive + Negative + Zero(1)	Req	Req
	"T" + "[" + Positive + "]" + Negative + Zero(1)	Opt	Req
	"T" + Positive + "[" + Negative + "]" + Zero(1)	Req	Opt
	"T" + Positive + Zero(1)	Req	-
	"T" + Negative + Zero(1)	-	Req

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