Designing and managing test data management processes

The test data management component of IBM® Optim™ extracts, copies, and moves sets of relationally intact data from multiple source tables to corresponding destination tables. The test data management component handles an arbitrarily complex data model consisting of any number of tables and relationships and ensures a referentially intact set of data for use in application testing, data migration, and date aging.

You can manage test data from two environments, Optim for distributed platforms and Optim Designer.

The test data management component is indispensable for the following purposes:

The test data management component is easy to use, simple in concept, yet powerful in supporting complex database structures. Intuitive dialogs simplify data entry tasks and provide data options for extracting relationally intact sets of data. Intelligent window handling technology allows you to display multiple dialogs, pop-up windows, context sensitive online help, and tutorials.