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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 Rational® Test Automation Server and publish test assets to the Git repository that you have configured.
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 Author guide
This guide, which is intended for a tester and test manager, describes how to create test assets in Rational® Test Automation 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.
- 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.
  - Generated test data in JDBC database
    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.
  - Generating test data
    When you have a defined and structured schema for the entire data, you can generate test data to perform application testing.
  - 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 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.
  - 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.

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 is a core element in the process of testing any application. A sufficient amount of data is necessary to test all the possible scenarios of any application. HCL OneTest Data requires a schema to generate the test data.

You must complete certain tasks to generate the test data.