Frequently asked questions
Get answers to the most commonly asked questions about IBM InfoSphere® Optim™ Test Data Fabrication.
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What platforms are supported?
What databases and JDBC drivers are supported?
Is the product available in IBM Cloud?
The initial offering is an on-premises solution. Future versions will be provided as an offering within IBM Cloud™.
Other common questions
How does the solution produce synthetic test data?
Does the solution build a meta model as it creates new data?
Does the application allow me to populate reference and seed tables with my own data?
Does the solution enable users to define data relationships that are not available in the data structures?
Can the software export data to different formats such as XML, JSON or flat files?
Yes. It provides a full toolset for new target or source development, and can read/insert data into any JDBC-compliant data source. It also enables output to flat files and custom-based source/target formats. XML-specific and JSON-specific output formats are in the current product roadmap.
Can the system provide metrics and visibility into what is being generated?
Does the software integrate with CI/CD tools and other frameworks or APIs?
It can integrate with CI/CD tools, APIs and unique data formats (for example, message-based) using a Java-based SDK. It is equipped with a broad set of services, exposed thru a REST API mechanism, to facilitate this process.
Do Optim and this solution interoperate?
It is an independent solution. It can be used with Optim-generated data stores (that is, gold copy) that serve as source information. In this case, Test Data Fabrication can be used to augment and extend Optim DBMS-produced output for provisioning test data.