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Reference Guide
This guide describes conceptual information about data design environment components when you want to use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server.
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
Date/time functions
DATETOTEXT

Release Notes
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Getting Started Guide
This guide provides an overview and describes the task flows to get you started with HCL OneTest™ Server. This guide is intended for new users.
Administrator Guide
This guide describes how to install HCL OneTest™ Server software. After you install the software, you can perform administration tasks such as license configuration, user management, security, memory, and disk usage management, back up and restore user data. This guide is intended for administrators.
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.
Test Execution Specialist Guide
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Test Manager Guide
This guide describes how to manage and track your overall test effort. This guide is intended for test managers.
Reference Guide
This guide describes conceptual information about data design environment components when you want to use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server.
- 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
Troubleshooting Guide
This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL OneTest™ Server.
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Security Considerations
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DATETOTEXT

The DATETOTEXT function converts a date object or expression to a text item.

Syntax:: DATETOTEXT (single-date-expression)
Meaning:: DATETOTEXT (date_to_convert)
Returns:: A single text item

If date_to_convert is a date object name, this returns the date as a text item formatted according to the presentation of the date object.

If date_to_convert is a date expression produced by a function, this returns the date as a text item formatted according to the presentation of the output argument of that function.

Examples

DATETOTEXT ( ShipDate )
In this example, ShipDate is converted from a date to text. If ShipDate has a CCYYMMDD presentation, the resulting text item will have that presentation, as well.
DATETOTEXT ( CURRENTDATETIME ( "{MM/DD/CCYY}" ) )
In this example, CURRENTDATETIME evaluates and returns a date in MM/DD/CCYY format. Then DATETOTEXT evaluates and returns a text string that is that date in MM/DD/CCYY format.
For example, use DATETOTEXT, to do text concatenation. The FROMDATETIME function provides greater flexibility in specifying the format of the resulting text item.

Related Functions

FROMDATETIME
NUMBERTOTEXT
TEXT
TEXTTODATE
TEXTTONUMBER
TEXTTOTIME
TIMETOTEXT
TODATETIME