FakeDataGenerator

The FakeDataGenerator utility is a Synergy .NET console application that can be used to generate data files with records containing randomly generated data. The utility is driven off repository-based file and structure definitions.

You will be prompted to enter the number of records to create in each file.

If the file SIP_CONFIG:SnapshotAgentFiles.lis exists, you'll be asked if you want to process the file, which can contain a list of repository FILE definition names to be processed. The file can contain comments preceeded by #.

If you choose not to process that file, you'll be prompted to enter the name of a repository file definition, * for ALL repository file definitions, or the name of a different input file to process as described earlier.

The utility then processes the selected repository file or files and creates the associated output files.

The data that is generated into each record in each file will be appropriate for the fields as defined in the repository, but beyond that will be completely random.

Running this utility does not cause CDC messages to be sent to Kafka, because the code in any I/O hooks is suppressed by setting SIP_HOOKS_ENABLED to NO.