Defining an automatic test data generation source for characters

Chapter 10 Generating a Database from a PDM

Defining an automatic test data generation source for characters

You have the following options to define generation source parameters for the profile class Character:

Option	Parameter	Description
Verify	Valid characters	List of authorized characters
	All	Accepts all characters
	Invalid characters	List of unauthorized characters
	No accents	Replaces accents with unaccented characters
	Mask	String of mask characters.
Case	Upper First uppercase Lower Mixed	Indicates authorized letter cases
Length	Exact	You indicate exact character length
	From/To	You indicate character length range

Character selection

You can specify valid characters to accept and invalid characters to refuse. You use a comma ( , ) to separate each single character, character interval, or string.

The following syntax applies to valid and invalid characters.

Character set	Syntax	Example
Interval of characters	Characters in single quotation marks separated by a dash	'a'-'z'
Single character or Character string	Characters in quotation marks	"a" \| "xyz"

Mask characters

A mask character is a pre-defined character that indicates to users that they need to type a particular piece of information. The test data that is generated respects the following mask characters:

Mask character	Prompts to type
`A`	Letter
`9`	Number
`?`	Any character

To define an automatic data generation source:

Select Model→Test Data Profiles.

The List of Test Data Profiles is displayed.

Double-click a test data profile using characters.

The Profile properties sheet opens to the General tab.

Select the Automatic radio button.

Click the Detail tab.

The Detail tab is displayed.

Specify test data generation parameters.

Click OK in each of the dialog boxes.