Example of specifying data to be generated

You can specify more details about the type of data being generated from the Edit Column Meta Data dialog box. This is accessed from the Edit row... shortcut menu for individual column definitions on the Output page Columns tab.

The Edit Column Meta Data dialog box contains different options for each data type. The possible options are described in "Generator" . You can use the Next and <Previous buttons to go through all the columns.

Using this dialog box you specify the following for the generated data:

• string
  • Algorithm = cycle
  • seven separate Values (assorted animals).
• date
  • Epoch = 1958-08-18
  • Type = cycle
  • Increment = 10
• time
  • Scale factor = 60
  • Type = cycle
  • Increment = 1
• timestamp
  • Epoch = 1958-08-18
  • Scale factor = 60
  • Type = cycle
  • Increment = 1
• integer
  • Type = cycle
  • Initial value = 300
  • Increment = 10
  • Limit = 3000
• decimal
  • Percent invalid = 20
  • Percent zeros = 20
  • Type = random
  • Seed=200

Here is the data generated by these settings, compare this with the data generated by the default settings.

Figure 1. Generated data