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  • 1.  Is there a way to loop over specific rows during generation?

    Posted May 26, 2017 06:58 AM

    I have 4 row that I am generating data for, I would like to repeat certain rows a different number of time.

     

    For example, my generator has:

     

    Row 1 - (Needs to generated 10 times)

    Row 2 - (Needs to be generated 2 times)

    Row 3 - (5 times)

    Row 4 - (2 times)

     

    Or is the only way to create additional rows in the generator?



  • 2.  Re: Is there a way to loop over specific rows during generation?
    Best Answer

    Posted May 26, 2017 12:49 PM

    Hi Tracy, 

     

    We really only support table iteration and not row iteration, so there is not a simple solution to this. 

     

    My colleague, kapad01, suggests the following:

     

    You could have each row in multiple data pools, have your publishing in 4 process blocks in ARD, map each process block to a data pool, then have dynamic publishing where you can have each row with a repeat count with however many times you want for each. 

     

    So 

    Row 1 - (Needs to generated 10 times)

    Row 2 - (Needs to be generated 2 times)

    Row 3 - (5 times)

    Row 4 - (2 times)

     

    (I think) Becomes

    Data Pool 1 - Repeat Count of 10 

    Data Pool 2 - Repeat Count of 2

    Data Pool 3 - Repeat Count of 5

    Data Pool 4 - Repeat Count of 2

     

    We definitely suggest reaching out to your CA Account Manager so that a member of our Services team can help you implement a workaround like this, or come up with a better one since this is a complicated solution. 

     

    Best regards,

    Taylor