TalendDataGenerator Routines

TalendDataGenerator Routines - 7.2

Talend ESB Studio User Guide

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7.2

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Talend ESB

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Talend Studio

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Design and Development

The TalendDataGenerator routines are functions which allow you to generate sets of test data. They are based on fictitious lists of first names, second names, addresses, towns and States provided by Talend. These routines are generally used when developing Jobs, using a tRowGenerator component, for example, to avoid using production or company data.

You can access these routines by double-clicking the TalendDataGenerator node under the system routines folder in the Repository tree view.

Routine	Description	Syntax
`getFirstName`	returns a first name taken randomly from a fictitious list.	`TalendDataGenerator.getFirstName()`
`getLastName`	returns a random surname from a fictitious list.	`TalendDataGenerator.getLastName()`
`getUsStreet`	returns an address taken randomly from a list of common American street names.	`TalendDataGenerator.getUsStreet()`
`getUsCity`	returns the name of a town taken randomly from a list of American towns.	`TalendDataGenerator.getUsCity()`
`getUsState`	returns the name of a State taken randomly from a list of American States.	`TalendDataGenerator.getUsState()`
`getUsStateId`	returns an ID randomly taken from a list of IDs attributed to American States.	`TalendDataGenerator.getUsStateId()`

Note: No entry parameter is required as Talend provides the list of fictitious data.

You can customize the fictitious data by modifying the TalendDataGenerator routines. For further information on how to customize routines, see Customizing the system routines.