Generator FAQs

Generators and receivers are not OS-specific—they are designed to work across all major operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and Mac OS.

• You can link multiple Generators to an Attribute to produce complex data patterns.
• The last linked Generator will generate the actual output.

Yes! GenRocket offers a feature that assigns a Generator to more than one Attribute at a time. To learn more, please click here. 

• Yes, Generators can enforce data type and size constraints to ensure the generated data adheres to specified formats and limits.
• The Enforce Type/Limit option can automatically apply these constraints, helping to maintain data integrity and compatibility with target systems.

• GenRocket offers a Scenario stateful option that allows you to generate data uniquely each time.
• For more information, please refer to Managing Scenario State.

• Query Generators allow you to blend real data from databases or files with synthetically generated data.
• During test data generation, they can query columns, tables, or lists within specified files or databases.
• They are beneficial for creating data subsets or combining real and synthetic data for comprehensive testing. 

• Yes, GenRocket allows you to copy Generators and their configurations between Attributes using two methods:
  • Simple Copy - Directly copies a Generator from one Attribute to another.
  • Pattern Copy - Copies a Generator to multiple Attributes based on a naming pattern.

• GenRocket offers a Generator Search feature that allows users to locate Generators assigned to Domains and Attributes within a selected Project or Project Version.
• You can use it to manage and review Generator assignments across complex projects.

• Some machines do not have UTF-8 encoding as their default Java setting.
• UTF-8 is necessary for generating data with special characters (e.g., Swedish characters, Japanese characters).
• If it is not the default, you will need to manually set Java's character coding to UTF-8. Instructions can be found here:
  • Mac OS/Linux: How to set Java Default Character Encoding to UTF-8
  • Windows: How to set Java Default Character Encoding to UTF-8

To align city, country, and zip code, you can use the USCityGen and USCityZipCodeMapGen Generators.

• You can do this with the ReferenceGen Generator.
• Please ensure that the referenced Attribute precedes the Attribute it is being referenced by within the list of Attributes in the Domain Dashboard.

• You can use the FileRowCountGen to read the number of rows in a file.
• Then, reference the FileRowCountGen in a LoopSetGen to set the Domain loopCount.