Chapter 10 Generating a Database from a PDM

Assigning a data profile

When you assign a data profile to a column, the data profile defines the type of test data that you generate for that column.

You can assign a data profile to each column in a table, except for the foreign key columns. The data profiles for foreign keys are assigned by default.

When you assign a data profile to a column that contains check parameters, the generated test data respects the column constraints.

There are three approaches to assigning data profiles:

• Assign a data profile from the list of tables
• Assign a data profile from the list of columns
• Select a data profile for a domain, so that all columns attached to that domain are automatically assigned the data profile.

For more information on how to select a data profile for a domain, see chapter Building Physical Diagrams.

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