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 DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub) to fabricate test data. You can also create or edit datasets that pass variable data to tests at test run time.

You can access the data fabrication feature and datasets from Author > Data in the Test Hub UI. The home page of Data provides easy access to the data definitions and datasets of projects in multiple branches. You can efficiently organize the Data definitions and datasets that you have created or modified in Test Hub.

Data definitions represent the data structures that are composed of one or more generators. Test Hub provides you the interface to create and manage Data definitions so that you can design data structures that closely resemble the real-world scenarios. You can configure generators, define rules, set restrictions and distributions if required, and generate test data using a Data definition. You can generate realistic and diverse test data for comprehensive testing scenarios.

Datasets provide tests with variable data during a test run. The test that uses a dataset at the run time replaces a value in the recorded test with variable test data that is stored in the dataset. In Test Hub, you can create a dataset and use its values during the run time to test various scenarios.

To conclude, you can use the data fabrication feature and datasets in Test Hub to provide tests with comprehensive and realistic test data.

To use the dataset feature, see Working with Datasets on DevOps Test Hub.

To use the data fabrication feature, see Data fabrication.