HPE ALM Octane Data Generator

This tool generates demo data in an instance of HPE ALM Octane running in HPE SaaS.

Pre-requisities

To run the tool, you need to have Java 7 SE Runtime Edition or above installed. You need to also have an account in an octane instance running in HPE SaaS.

Instructions

To run the tool, execute:

generate.bat --SpaceId=XXXX –WorkspaceId=XXXX your_hpe_saas_name your_hpe_saas_password

Demo Data Content

The tool generates the following entity types in the provided instance:

• Release
• Teams
• Product Areas
• Epics
• Features
• Stories
• Defects
• Tasks

Customize Data Content

The tool iterates over sheets and rows in an Excel file that is built-in to the tool itself.

You have the option to customize this file content and provide the new file as the very first parameter when starting the tool.

Multiple runs

When running, the tool writes a job log with all the created entities; when running the tool multiple times, it first removes the previously generated entities (iterating over the lines in the job log).