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  3. Test Author Guide

    This guide describes how to create and edit test assets in HCL OneTest™ Server, and then publish test assets to the remote Git repository that you have configured in your project. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.

  4. Data fabrication

    Test data is the core component of any application testing. It is very time-consuming to create test data manually. You can use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server to create realistic datasets for comprehensive testing scenarios. The feature provides data fabrication capabilities that can help you to generate synthetic data quickly and efficiently without the risk of data leaks or privacy issues.

  5. Creating a Data definition

    You can create a Data definition in HCL OneTest™ Server by using the default settings of the basic generators or by modifying the default settings of the basic generators.

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  • Release Notes

    This document includes information about What’s new, installation and upgrade instructions, known issues, and contact information of HCL Customer Support.

  • System Requirements

    This document includes information about hardware and software requirements for HCL OneTest™ Server.

  • Getting Started Guide

    This guide provides an overview of HCL OneTest™ Server. You can find 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 the HCL OneTest™ Server software.

  • Test Author Guide

    This guide describes how to create and edit test assets in HCL OneTest™ Server, and then publish test assets to the remote Git repository that you have configured in your project. This guide is intended for testers and test managers.

    • Edit branch overview

      When you want to create or modify a test asset or resource in HCL OneTest™ Server, you must use an Edit branch. An Edit branch is a temporary branch of the branch in the project repository into which you want to add the created resource or edited resource.

    • Test authoring

      You can use HCL OneTest™ Server to author tests instead of creating the tests by using the desktop products.

    • Data overview

      When you want to create realistic test scenarios that can simulate real-world or practical situations, you can use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server to fabricate test data. You can also create or edit datasets that pass variable data to tests at test run time.

    • Datasets overview

      A dataset contains variable data that are used by a test at test run time. The variable data is contained in rows for a specific parameter that is contained in columns. You can decide whether you want to use the dataset associated with the test to be used at run time or override that associated dataset with another dataset at run time.

    • Data fabrication

      Test data is the core component of any application testing. It is very time-consuming to create test data manually. You can use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server to create realistic datasets for comprehensive testing scenarios. The feature provides data fabrication capabilities that can help you to generate synthetic data quickly and efficiently without the risk of data leaks or privacy issues.

      • Overview of data fabrication

        You can find information about an overview of the data fabrication feature that is available in HCL OneTest™ Server.

      • Creating a Data definition

        You can create a Data definition in HCL OneTest™ Server by using the default settings of the basic generators or by modifying the default settings of the basic generators.

        • Creating a Data definition by using the default settings of the basic generators

          You can create a Data definition in HCL OneTest™ Server by using the default settings of the basic generators.

        • Creating a Data definition by using the modified settings of the basic generators

          You can create a Data definition in HCL OneTest™ Server by using the modified settings of the basic generators.

      • Modifying a Data definition

        After you create and publish a Data definition, you can modify the fields or the configuration of the generators in an existing Data definition when you want to change the structure of the test data.

      • Publishing changes in an Edit branch

        After you create or modify a Data definition, a generator, or a generator category in a project in HCL OneTest™ Server, you can publish all the changes that are in an Edit branch to the branch in the project repository. After which, other members in the project can view and use the test resources. The Edit branch automatically disappears from the Branch list of the Data page and the changes made to the project are merged into the previously selected branch name.

      • Viewing a Data definition and its details

        You can view the contents of a Data definition on the Data page in HCL OneTest™ Server.

      • Deleting Data definitions

        You can delete Data definitions to remove them when the data definitions are outdated or no longer relevant to the current project. Additionally, when Data definitions contain errors or inaccuracies that can lead to misleading or incorrect fabricated data, then you might want to remove them. This ensures that the project remains clutter-free, optimizes the performance of HCL OneTest™ Server, and reduces storage requirements.

      • Basic generators

        You can use the built-in basic generators in Data definitions with or without modifying the default configurations of the generators.

      • Generation of test data

        You can use the data fabrication feature in HCL OneTest™ Server to create realistic datasets for comprehensive testing scenarios. You can generate the test data as the Comma-Separated Values (CSV) files that is saved in your system. You can then use these files to replace any existing datasets in a test during the run time. If a dataset is already associated with a test, you can replace the dataset at runtime with the dataset that is created from the data fabrication feature of HCL OneTest Server. This allows you to integrate the generated test data into your test execution process, and you can ensure that your tests are performed with the secure and realistic data.

      • Management of custom generators

        HCL OneTest™ Server provides flexibility to create, modify, and delete custom generators. You can access and modify custom generators to suit your specific data requirements in the Catalog page.

      • Management of custom categories

        HCL OneTest™ Server provides flexibility to create and delete custom categories in the Catalog page. The Catalog page displays both the basic and custom categories of generators in a project.

  • Test Execution Specialist Guide

    This guide describes tasks that you must complete before you can configure and run tests in HCL OneTest™ Server. You can find information about configuring runs for the different test types that are supported. You can also find information about other tasks that you can perform on the Resource Monitoring Service, Virtualization, and Integrations with third-party applications. This guide is intended for testers or test execution specialists.

  • Test Manager Guide

    This guide describes how to manage and track your overall test effort. This guide is intended for test managers.

  • Troubleshooting

    This guide describes how to analyze and resolve some of the common problems that you might encounter while you work with HCL OneTest™ Server.

  • All Guides (PDF)

    You can find the link to view or download the content of the release notes, system requirements, and persona guides of HCL OneTest™ Server as a PDF file.

  • Security Considerations

    This document describes the actions that you can take to ensure that your installation is secure, customize your security settings, and set up user access controls.

  • Notices

    This document provides information about copyright, trademarks, terms and conditions for the product documentation.

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Creating a Data definition

You can create a Data definition in HCL OneTest™ Server by using the default settings of the basic generators or by modifying the default settings of the basic generators.

You can find information about the following scenarios to create a Data definition:
  • Creating a Data definition by using the default settings of the basic generators
  • Creating a Data definition by using the modified settings of the basic generators
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