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Test-DbaDbDataGeneratorConfig

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NAME Test-DbaDbDataGeneratorConfig



SYNOPSIS

Checks the data generation configuration if it's valid





SYNTAX

Test-DbaDbDataGeneratorConfig [-FilePath] <String> [-EnableException <Switch>] [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

When you're dealing with large data generation configurations, things can get complicated and messy.



This function will test for a range of rules and returns all the tables and columns that contain errors.





PARAMETERS

-EnableException [<Switch>]

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.

This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables

advanced scripting.

Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own

try/catch.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-FilePath [<String>]

Path to the file to test



Required? false

Position? named

Default value

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES





Tags: Data generation, testing

Author: Sander Stad (@sqlstad), sqlstad.nl



Website: https://dbatools.io

Copyright: (c) 2018 by dbatools, licensed under MIT

License: MIT https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT



Requires: sysadmin access on SQL Servers



-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------



PS C:\\>Test-DbaDbDataGeneratorConfig -FilePath C:\\temp\\_datamasking\\db1.json



Test the configuration file



RELATED LINKS

https://dbatools.io/Test-DbaDbDataGeneratorConfig