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Upload Test Types Enterprise

Upload a test type file to make a new test type available across the TestGen instance, or to replace one that ships with the release. Uploading is how a test type tailored to your data — a proprietary identifier format, an industry code set, a domain-specific statistical check — reaches a deployment without waiting for a TestGen release.

An uploaded test type behaves like any other: it appears in the test type list, can be added to a test suite from the Test Definitions page, and auto-generates during test generation if the file includes selection criteria and a generation set.

Prerequisites

  • System administrator access. See User Access.
  • A test type file in TestGen's YAML format. Contact your DataKitchen representative to have one authored for your use case.

Upload a test type

  1. Open the Administration console and select System Settings.
  2. Under Uploaded Test Types, click Upload Test Type.
  3. Select the test type file. Files up to 2 MB are accepted.
  4. Review the preview, then click Upload Test Type.

The preview names the effect of the upload: whether the test type is new, replaces one uploaded earlier, or replaces a test type included in the release. It also warns you when existing test definitions already use the test type, because those definitions pick up the new SQL the next time they run.

To remove an uploaded test type, upload a corrected file over it or contact your DataKitchen representative.

Replacing a test type included in the release

A file whose test type code matches one that ships with TestGen replaces that test type, but only for the release you uploaded it against. Upgrading TestGen restores the packaged test type, and any flavor-specific SQL or generation-set membership your version added is cleared with it.

After each upgrade, re-upload the file if you still want the override. A test type with a code of its own is not affected, and stays in place across upgrades until you replace it.