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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.
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.
Dataset editing
You can add, modify, or remove data from a dataset by using the CSV Editor. The working principle of the CSV Editor is similar to that of a spreadsheet.
Dataset encryption
Encrypted datasets are useful when you want to run tests that contain confidential information such as a set of passwords or account numbers.
Decrypting a dataset column
To view the content of an encrypted dataset, you can decrypt the dataset column. Removing encryption from a dataset revokes the protection offered to the test data.

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.
  - Creating a dataset
    You can create datasets in Rational® Test Automation Server to replace the existing dataset values with new dataset values during a test or schedule run.
  - Dataset editing
    You can add, modify, or remove data from a dataset by using the CSV Editor. The working principle of the CSV Editor is similar to that of a spreadsheet.
    - Dataset encryption
      Encrypted datasets are useful when you want to run tests that contain confidential information such as a set of passwords or account numbers.
      - Encrypting a dataset column
        To secure test data, you must encrypt datasets. You can encrypt data in the columns of a dataset by using an encryption key. When you run a test that utilizes a dataset with encrypted variables, you must enter the encryption key for the encrypted column that the test uses.
      - Decrypting a dataset column
        To view the content of an encrypted dataset, you can decrypt the dataset column. Removing encryption from a dataset revokes the protection offered to the test data.
  - Publishing a dataset
    When you create or edit any datasets in Rational® Test Automation Server, you can publish your changes to the Git repository. Therefore, when you publish a dataset, other members in the project can use your dataset in their test assets run, if required.
  - Viewing a dataset
    When test assets includes datasets, you can view the contents of a dataset from Rational® Test Automation Server. The datasets residing in the Git repository are listed in the Datasets page.
  - Deleting a dataset
    You can delete the dataset when it is not required in your test environment.
- 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.

Decrypting a dataset column

To view the content of an encrypted dataset, you can decrypt the dataset column. Removing encryption from a dataset revokes the protection offered to the test data.

Before you begin

You must have created at least one dataset and encrypted the dataset with an encryption key. See Creating a dataset and Encrypting a dataset column.

Procedure

Go to the Rational® Test Automation Server URL.
Enter your user name and password, and then click Login.
From the Rational® Test Automation Server UI, open your project.
Go to the Datasets page and find the dataset that you want to decrypt.
Click the Edit icon from the Actions column of the dataset.
The dataset opens in the CSV Editor in a web browser.
Right-click encrypted cells that display the contents with asterisks, and then select Decrypt column data.
The Decrypt Column window is displayed.
Enter the encryption key that you used to encrypt the data in the column in the Encryption Key field.
Click Decrypt Column.
Asterisks are replaced with the actual data in the decrypted column.

Results

The encryption is removed from the selected column in the dataset. When you run a test that uses a dataset that contains decrypted data, the variable data is substituted with the original data in the recorded test without prompting for the encryption key.

What to do next

You can publish the dataset to the Git repository so that other members of the project can use the dataset. See Publishing a dataset.