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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. You can also edit existing test assets that are in the repository added to your project. 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.
Setting a range
After you define the structure of a schema, you can set a number range to specify the number of occurrences to generate an item type in the test data.

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. You can also edit existing test assets that are in the repository added to your project. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.
- Edit branch overview
  When you want to create or modify any test assets in HCL OneTest™ Server, you must use an Edit branch.
- Test authoring
  You can use HCL OneTest™ Server to author tests instead of creating the tests by using the desktop products.
- 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 a range
      After you define the structure of a schema, you can set a number range to specify the number of occurrences to generate an item type in the test data.
    - 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 and Data Definition Language (DDL) statements generated jobs performed in your project, on the Jobs page.

Setting a range

After you define the structure of a schema, you can set a number range to specify the number of occurrences to generate an item type in the test data.

Before you begin

You must have a group type in your schema.
You must have a structural view of your schema.

About this task

You can set the number range only for item types and group types of your schema.

Procedure

Log in to HCL OneTest™ Server and open the team space that contains your project.
Open your project.
The Overview page is displayed.
Click Author > Data Fabrication.
The Data Fabrication page is displayed.
Select the generated schema from the Schemas tab.

For example, schema_<number>
Click the Menu icon of the group type of the schema and select Structure.

The structural view of the schema is displayed.

Click the Menu icon

of all item types in the Structure dialog to set the restriction for several occurrences of the item types in the generated test data.

You can set the following restriction rules:

Set Optional
Set Required
Set Range
Set Unlimited

In the following table, you can find the value of the minimum and maximum occurrences that you can set as restrictions for the item types:

Item properties	Minimum occurrences	Maximum occurrences
Optional	0	1 or more
Required	1	1
Unlimited	1	1 or more
Set Range	Any minimum value Note: Minimum value should be equal to or less than the maximum value	Any maximum value

Save the changes.

You can modify the properties of the selected item type by using Properties in the context menu.

Results

You have set the number range for the selected item types.

What to do next

You can apply functions to define component rules to any item type. You can also generate test data without applying functions. See Generating test data.