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Creating Custom Generators

dbForge Data Generator for Oracle allows you to create, save, and use your own custom data generators that would better meet your needs, instead of customizing the predefined generators over and over again. You can add one or more custom generators to the existing categories: Business, Health, Location, IT, Payment, Personal, and Product.

You can create a custom generator in two ways - on the basis of a template or from scratch.

Creating a custom generator on the basis of a template

dbForge Data Generator for Oracle is supplied with a wide collection of generator templates that can be easily used for creation of your own data generators.

To create a custom generator based on a template:

1. Open the Templates folder in

C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Devart\dbForge Data Generator for Oracle\Data Generators\Templates.

Note

The default location to store custom data generation settings is

C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Devart\dbForge Data Generator for Oracle\Data Generators, and while it is not possible to change it, you can specify a custom location of .dgen files by modifying the registry at:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Devart\dbForge Data Generator for Oracle\Folders.

2. Open a required template in an editor.

3. Modify the selected generator according to your needs. For more information, see the Explanation of tags and Mapping rules sections of this topic.

4. Put the generator file into the Data Generators folder.

5. Start (or restart) Data Generator.

Creating a custom generator from scratch:

The following example is based on the Regular Expression Generator, which is most frequently customized.

1. Open the Data Generators folder in

C:\Users\Public\Documents\Devart\dbForge Data Generator for Oracle\Data Generators.

Note

The default location to store custom data generation settings is

C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Devart\dbForge Data Generator for Oracle\Data Generators, and while it is not possible to change it, you can specify a custom location of .dgen files by modifying the registry at:

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Devart\dbForge Data Generator for Oracle\Folders.

2. In this folder, create an .xml file or copy and paste one of the existing files.

3. Edit the file to include the following code:

4. Save the .xml file.

5. Start (or restart) Data Generator.

Explanation of tags

Mapping rules

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