Address Function Type

Address functions generate various components of address data, such as street names, city names, and postal codes. These functions help create realistic and comprehensive address information for testing and data simulation purposes. You can generate complete addresses or individual elements like building numbers and ZIP codes.

Prerequisites

Before utilising the different data generator functions, it's essential to understand basic concepts such as creating Test Cases and Test Steps and adding data generators in test steps.

Selecting Address as a Function Type for Data Generator

1. Use NLP to create a new step in the test case and include a placeholder for test data.
2. Click on the test data placeholder. From the Test Data Types dropdown menu, select the ! Data Generator option.
3. On the ! Data Generators overlay screen, select the Type to Default. This will enable you to use a collection of built-in test data generators.
4. Select Address from the Function Type dropdown list.

Street Name

• Allows you to generate realistic street names commonly found in residential or commercial areas.

Street Address Number

• Enables you to generate realistic house or building numbers for addresses.

Street Address

• Enables you to generate complete street addresses with or without secondary address components for comprehensive address data creation. Select True in Secondary Address to include secondary address, or select False to exclude it.

Secondary Address

• Enables you to generate realistic secondary address components.

Zip Code

• Allows you to generate random zip codes for various addresses to ensure each address entry has a realistic postal code, aiding in location-specific data handling.

Zip Code by State

• Enables you to generate state-specific ZIP codes based on the provided state abbreviation.

Street Suffix

• Allows you to generate street suffixes indicating the type or category of the street, adding specificity to street or names.

Street Prefix

• Enables you to generate a street prefix indicating the type. Providing directional or descriptive prefixes gives more context or direction to the street name.

City Suffix

• Allows you to generate city suffixes indicating the type to categorize cities or towns based on their characteristics.

City Prefix

• Enables you to generate a city prefix that indicates the start or characteristic of a city's name, providing city names to denote direction, location, or historical context.

City

• Allows you to generates random city names and provides diverse urban area names for various applications that need city data.

State

• Enables you to generates random state names. Provides state names for applications that require state-level data.

State Abbr

• Allows you to generate two-letter codes representing states. It provides standardized abbreviations for efficient data handling.

Latitude

• Enables you to generate random latitude coordinates. It offers geographic coordinates for location-based services and mapping applications.

Longitude

• Allows you to generate random longitude coordinates. It provides geographic coordinates for precise location-based applications and mapping.

Timezone

• Enable you to generate time zone names. It provides time zone data for accurate time-related applications and scheduling.

Country

• Allows you to generate random country names and provides country names for applications requiring country-level data.

Country Code

• Enables you to generate two-letter or three-letter codes that uniquely identify countries. Provides standardized data handling and internationalization for ISO country codes.

Building Number

• Allows you to generates a random building number for address data and ensures that the generated addresses include a realistic building number.

Full Address

• Enables you to generate a complete location description including street, city, state, and postal code.