Is the Test Data Generator a scriptable object at all; or, failing that, is there any way to persist a definition of data to generate? I was about half-way through a very large test data definition when I realized that I couldn't seem to persist what I was entering and that, if I needed to correct anything after generating the data, I'd have to re-enter all the info (43 field definitions). Sure enough, afterwards I needed to make a small change. It would be a wonderful thing if I could create a generated data definition in code and re-use it on demand.

Hi Irene (if this is the Irene that I worked with years ago at AQA, doubly-"hi");For other applications of scriptability, yes, I'd can see a number of possible uses. Most notable for me would to be able to dynamically create test cases and data for large numbers of smoke tests. To be more specific, my current position is as Architect of a conversion framework for modernization of mainframe applications; moving them into the .NET world. We have a conversion tool that does a sort of broad-sweep of conversion and before we move on to less-autometd steps in the conversion process, I'd like to perform a set of smoke tests for each converted project. Part of this would be checking to see whether the converted applications can open and interact with data that has also undergone conversion from the mainframe side. Most of the time, we either don't have test data, or the test data we have from our client is unusable. Here is where I'd want to be able to automate the process of generating test data in the proper definition, so that my test scripts can try opening a few records. Since our conversion process targets hundreds of projects at a time, this will only be managable via automation. Thus, in a nightly conversion/smoke test run, I'd want to be able to convert hundreds of mainframe apps to .net, to dynamically create test data (either in ABS or in TestComplete) for each converted project and to run some simple data smoke tests, viewing the results in the morning to determine whether to proceed with our conversion process...Please let me know if you need more information...

Robert,Yes, it's me. Nice to meet you again, too :-)Thank you for the clarification. I have registered your request.

Hi Robert,There is no way to access Data Generator from script. Do you see any other applications of this functionality, except for the task you mentioned? I am asking this, because I can register this request, but we need to understand exactly what the functionality is needed for.As for now, it is possible to solve such a problem by exporting the generated data to an Excel file. You will be able to edit columns by means of Excel. I have registered your request to have the ability to re-generate column data by using the Data Generator Wizard.

Let me add my vote to Robert's request...And... let me add a "hello" back to Robert as he was the dude who conducted the TestComplete Summit in Vegas that I attended a few years back.. still have the Lego "pod" you gave out at that session. :-)

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leahey
Occasional Contributor
15 years ago
Hi Irene (if this is the Irene that I worked with years ago at AQA, doubly-"hi");

For other applications of scriptability, yes, I'd can see a number of possible uses. Most notable for me would to be able to dynamically create test cases and data for large numbers of smoke tests.

To be more specific, my current position is as Architect of a conversion framework for modernization of mainframe applications; moving them into the .NET world. We have a conversion tool that does a sort of broad-sweep of conversion and before we move on to less-autometd steps in the conversion process, I'd like to perform a set of smoke tests for each converted project. Part of this would be checking to see whether the converted applications can open and interact with data that has also undergone conversion from the mainframe side.

Most of the time, we either don't have test data, or the test data we have from our client is unusable. Here is where I'd want to be able to automate the process of generating test data in the proper definition, so that my test scripts can try opening a few records.

Since our conversion process targets hundreds of projects at a time, this will only be managable via automation.

Thus, in a nightly conversion/smoke test run, I'd want to be able to convert hundreds of mainframe apps to .net, to dynamically create test data (either in ABS or in TestComplete) for each converted project and to run some simple data smoke tests, viewing the results in the morning to determine whether to proceed with our conversion process...

Please let me know if you need more information...
AlexeyKolosov
Staff
15 years ago
Robert,

Yes, it's me. Nice to meet you again, too :-)

Thank you for the clarification. I have registered your request.
AlexeyKolosov
Staff
15 years ago
Hi Robert,

There is no way to access Data Generator from script. Do you see any other applications of this functionality, except for the task you mentioned? I am asking this, because I can register this request, but we need to understand exactly what the functionality is needed for.

As for now, it is possible to solve such a problem by exporting the generated data to an Excel file. You will be able to edit columns by means of Excel. I have registered your request to have the ability to re-generate column data by using the Data Generator Wizard.
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
15 years ago
Let me add my vote to Robert's request...

And... let me add a "hello" back to Robert as he was the dude who conducted the TestComplete Summit in Vegas that I attended a few years back.. still have the Lego "pod" you gave out at that session. :-)
AlexeyKolosov
Staff
15 years ago
Which one?
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
15 years ago
Which lego pod? It's the red one that has the dragon-fly model.

Which summit? It was one of the first ones quite a few years back. I don't remember what year it was. It was held at the Stratosphere while the roller coaster was still running and before they had that one ride that has you spinning face down over the Strip.
AlexeyKolosov
Staff
15 years ago
Hello Robert,

I'm sorry for being not clear enough, I got my mind set on requests on our products :-)

Robert Leahey requested two features: 1) make the Data Generator scriptable; 2) make it possible to edit (re-generate) already created columns. You asked to add your vote to Robert's request. Which of the requests did you mean?
tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
15 years ago
sorry, Irene. :-)

Actually, both would be useful.
AlexeyKolosov
Staff
15 years ago
Robert,

Ok, thank you. I have increased the ratings of the requests.
leahey
Occasional Contributor
15 years ago
Hey Robert,

Could you possibly contact me directly? my email: myfirstname at mylastname dot com.