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"Templates" are a powerful way of making it more easy to create your Data Generator Project. They can be seen as "shortcuts" to data generation, or as a library of pre-configured data generation.
The Advanced Data Generator comes with a set of pre-defined templates to get you started.
Templates are data type specific, when you choose to select a template as the method of generating data, only the templates for that specific data type will be shown.
Templates are supported for the following data types:
Data type
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Description
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Database data types
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Text
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Character data, can be Unicode
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CHAR, VARCHAR, NCHAR, NVARCHAR, GUID
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Integer
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A number without a decimal component
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INTEGER, SMALLINT, TINYINT, LARGEINT, BYTE, WORD
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Number
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A number with a decimal component
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REAL, FLOAT, DOUBLE
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Date/Time
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A date, time or combined "date/time" value, no "duration"
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DATE, TIME, DATETIME, TIMESTAMP
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Large Binary
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Sequence of bytes of specified or unspecified length
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BLOB, IMAGE, VARBINARY, BINARY
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Large Text
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Large pieces character data, can be Unicode
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TEXT, NTEXT
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More information can be found here:
List of pre-defined templates with explanation
There are a few sample templates inserted into the database at your first start of the Advanced Data Generator.
Some of these templates are used in the sample project & video.
Name
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Description
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Company domain name
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Takes a company name from the data library, removes special characters and prefixes it with "www" and adds ".com"
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Postcode: Australian
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A postal code, formatted as a valid Australian postcode, eg: 0247
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Postcode: Belgian
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A postal code, formatted as a valid Belgian postcode, eg: 2457
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Postcode: Dutch
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A postal code, formatted as a valid Dutch postcode, eg: 8365 AB
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Postcode: French
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A postal code, formatted as a valid French postcode, eg: 87524
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Postcode: German
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A postal code, formatted as a valid German postcode, eg: 23324
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Postcode: Italian
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A postal code, formatted as a valid Italian postcode, eg: 23324
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Postcode: Spanish
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A postal code, formatted as a valid Spanish postcode, eg: 044621
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Postcode: UK
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A postal code, formatted as a valid UK postcode, eg: BA4 4RG
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Postcode: US
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A postal code, formatted as a valid US postcode, eg: 06512
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Sequence, 4 digits, leading zeros
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A numerical sequence, starting at 1, with leading zeros, of 4 digits wide
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Sequence, 6 digits, leading zeros
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A numerical sequence, starting at 1, with leading zeros, of 6 digits wide
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Sequence, starting at 1
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A numerical sequence, starting at 1, increased by 1 for each step
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Product images
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Takes product JPEG-images from a folder
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