Use Cases

The following Use cases show you how to use Test Data Orchestrator over the GUI. If you want to use it via API please check our REST API of the Test Data Orchestrator

Create an environment

First click on the “Create” button in the Test Data Orchestrator on the environment overview:

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Then enter the name and a description. Only the name is mandatory and it has to be at least 2 characters long. It should contain alphanumeric characters and may have “-” and “_”
Then press Save.

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That’s it!

Create a Type

Select a Environment in which you would like to create Type. Then Click on the “Add” Button on the Type overview page:

Add on the Type creation page the type name and all the attribute names you would need.
By clicking “Add attribute” you can additional attributes.
When you’re finished click on the “Save” button

Add an Item

On the Item List click on the “Add Item” Button:

Enter all the attribute values and click Save:

Search and reserve test data

You can search for values in all the Items of a Type on the Items Overview page by entering the search string into the Search Box:

With TDO 1.1. you have the ability to search even better with advanced search options.

Syntax for filters for exactly one attribute:

<Attribut Name>: <Value>

Syntax for filtering by multiple attributes (separate attributes with a comma):

<Attribut Name X>: <Value>, <Attribut Name Y>: <Value>

You can toggle between including and excluding locket items

Share filtred test data

Rapidly share filtred test data within your Jira and Confluence (e.g. in XRay Testcases, User Stories) or third-party Applications by copying the URL:

Update test data

You have the following possibilities to update the test data items:

Lock/Unlock data

You can lock and unlock data by clicking on the lock icons next to each item. This will prevent items from being found through the search mechanism of the API and the UI-search as long a you do not explicitely include locked items. Locked items can still be edited.

Attribute changes

To change the values of an item you can click on the edit button on the Item overview:

You can then change the values of the item and click the “Save” button when you’re finished:

Delete Data

To delete an Item you can click on the “Delete” icon on the column of the Item you would like to delete:

Then confirm the deletion: