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IRI RowGen FAQ

Q1: What is IRI RowGen?

IRI RowGen is a test data generation tool that creates safe, realistic, and structurally correct synthetic data for databases, files, and reports using metadata instead of production data.

Q2: What types of targets can RowGen populate?

RowGen can populate relational databases, flat files, structured reports, and semi-structured formats like JSON, XML, HL7, and X12 EDI.

Q3: How does RowGen ensure referential integrity?

RowGen reads DDL metadata and applies primary/foreign key rules to generate test data that maintains referential integrity across tables.

Q4: Can RowGen simulate production data formats?

Yes. RowGen supports custom field layouts, value ranges, distributions, and formatting to mirror production data characteristics.

Q5: Does RowGen support random and real data blending?

Yes. RowGen can randomly generate values or select them from real data sets, and blend both in the same job.

Q6: What platforms does RowGen run on?

RowGen runs on Windows, Linux, and Unix systems, and integrates with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Q7: Can RowGen be used for DevOps and CI/CD?

Yes. RowGen supports automated test data generation in DevOps pipelines and CI/CD workflows through command-line and batch execution.

Q8: How does RowGen support test data management?

RowGen provides data synthesis, subsetting, and masking capabilities, and integrates with IRI Voracity for full test data lifecycle management.

Q9: Can RowGen generate large volumes of data?

Yes. RowGen can generate hundreds to billions of rows efficiently using the IRI CoSort engine.

Q10: Does RowGen support audit logging?

Yes. RowGen produces XML audit logs that document job metadata and support compliance verification.

Q11: Can RowGen create test data for Data Vault models?

Yes. RowGen can generate synthetic data for Data Vault 2.0 prototypes, including hubs, links, and satellites.

Q12: Is RowGen part of the IRI Voracity platform?

Yes. RowGen is included in Voracity and interoperates with other IRI tools like FieldShield and CoSort.

Q13: Can RowGen generate test data for Kafka or MQTT feeds?

Yes. RowGen supports output to streaming formats like Kafka and MQTT for real-time testing.

Q14: How does RowGen help with benchmarking?

RowGen can generate scalable, realistic data sets for hardware and software performance benchmarking.

Q15: Who develops and supports RowGen?

RowGen is developed and supported by Innovative Routines International (IRI), with documentation, training, and technical assistance.

Q16: How is RowGen licensed?

RowGen is licensed standalone or as part of Voracity, with pricing based on deployment model and host machine thread counts.

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