XDM CI/CD Testing

XDM automates test-data provisioning for CI/CD pipelines. Use REST APIs, Jenkins, and other DevOps tools to clone, subset, mask, generate, and deliver reliable data for every build, test, and release.

Realistic test data for CI/CD

The goal of CI/CD testing is to approve a deployment release only if it passes the functional test requirements. To effectively test an application under real-world scenarios, it’s essential to use test data that accurately reflects those conditions.

Realistic test data for CI/CD

Prepare the test environment

Generating test data without an automated system is a time-consuming process, often requiring careful manual checks for usability. Don’t let this delay your development and deployment. Continuously adapt your test data to align with the evolving software development process.

Prepare the test environment

Integrate XDM in CI/CD processes

Initiate test data delivery directly from your CI/CD tool. Jenkins, TeamCity, CircleCI, Bamboo, GitLab, and various other platforms can interact through XDM’s REST API to initiate parameterized test data requests.

Integrate XDM in CI/CD processes

Define test data delivery workflows

XDM’s workflow language and hook support enable the implementation of custom logic and automation to manage test data effectively.

Define test data delivery workflows

Use built-in API clients

XDM features built-in clients for automating tasks such as calling REST endpoints, querying data, rebuilding indexes, populating search catalogs, accessing internal services, and using importable APIs to call additional services. This functionality extends beyond mere data population, ensuring that the entire application stack is ready for test execution.

Use built-in API clients

Provide reliable test data for automated tests

Ensure reliable and repeatable tests by reusing the same data for each test execution. This approach will eliminate the headache of fixing bugs that destroy application data.

Provide reliable test data for automated tests

Speed up your integration test suite

Advanced automated tests require a starting point within the application. By providing the right test data, you can accelerate your test ramp-up time.

Speed up your integration test suite

Align the test input data with your test data

Base your tests directly on the data using the classification terms of the delivered business objects as coordinates for test execution.

Align the test input data with your test data

Generate expected test results directly from the data

Utilize the test data to derive expected results for your tests. Verify the correct display of underlying business objects by reapplying actions and transformations on the application. Finally, compare the resulting data to that produced by the previous version to ensure consistency.

Generate expected test results directly from the data

XDM CI/CD FAQs

XDM supports CI/CD by making test data preparation and delivery part of an automated workflow. This helps teams treat test data as a repeatable part of the pipeline rather than a manual dependency.

Reliable test data is essential in CI/CD because automated validation depends on consistent, usable inputs. If the data is stale, unrealistic, or hard to provision, release speed and test quality both suffer.

Yes. XDM helps automate test data delivery in CI/CD workflows so teams can align data provisioning with the pace of development and testing.

XDM reduces release bottlenecks by removing manual dependencies from the test data process. That helps teams spend less time waiting for usable data and more time validating changes.

XDM helps standardize how data is prepared and delivered across environments. This improves consistency and makes automated testing more reliable over time.

XDM helps make usable test data available earlier in the development lifecycle. That allows teams to validate changes sooner, catch issues earlier, and avoid delays later in the release process.