Generates human names (mostly Western) in any format you need. You can specify multiple formats by separating them with the pipe (|) character. The following strings will be converted to their random name equivalent:

Because of this additional complexity, however, the code runs slightly slower. You can specify multiple formats by separating them with the pipe (|) character. The following strings will be converted to their random name equivalent:

Whatever text you enter into the options text field will be used to generate telephone numbers. Capital X's will be converted to a random number between 1 and 9; lower-case x's will be converted to a random number between 0 and 9.

Select one of the values in the example dropdown for some ideas. Remember: anything other than the X and x character are left unconverted.

As with many of the other data types, to generate phone numbers in multiple format separate them with a pipe | character.

Generates a phone number in an appropriate format for the row of data. If it encounters an unfamiliar country, it generates a default phone number in the format (xxx) xxx-xxxx.

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This data type randomly generates a date between the dates specified, and allows for unique formatting of the result. See the table below for a list of viable formatting rules (these are cribbed from the standard PHP date() formatting options). Take a look at the example dropdown to select from existing formatting options.

Day

Week

Month

Year

Generates a random company name, comprised of a lorem ipsum word and an appropriate suffix, like Dolor Inc., or Convallis Limited.

This Data Type generates a random SIRET/SIREN French business identification number.

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Generates a personal number, used in some countries for social security insurance. At the present time only swedish ones are supported. The personal numbers are generated according to the format you specify:

Generates organisation numbers, used in some countries for registration of companies, associations etc. At the present time only Swedish ones are supported. The organisation numbers are generated according to the format you specify:

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Generates random Canadian provinces, states, territories or counties, based on the options you select. The Full Name and Abbreviation sub-options determine whether the output will contain the full string (e.g. "British Columbia") or its abbreviation (e.g. "BC"). For UK counties, the abbreviation is the standard 3-character Chapman code.

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This data type generates a random latitude and/or longitude. If both are selected, it displays both separated by a comma.

This data type generates random, valid credit card numbers according to the format you specify. It is currently capable of generating numbers for the following brands: Mastercard, Visa, Visa Electron, American Express, Discover, American Diner's, Carte Blanche, Diner's Club International, , JCB, Maestro, Solo, Switch, Laser.

Generates a random credit card PIN number from 1111 to 9999.

Generates a random credit card CVV number from 111 to 999.

This option generates a fixed number of random words, pulled from the standard lorem ipsum latin text.

This option generates a random number of words - the total number within the range that you specify (inclusive). As with the Fixed number option, the words are pulled the standard lorem ipsum latin text.

This Data Type lets you generate random alpha-numeric strings. The following table contains the character legend for this field. Any other characters you enter into this field will appear unescaped.

Generates a Boolean value in the format you need. You can specify multiple formats by separating them with the pipe (|) character. The following strings will be converted to their Boolean equivalent:

• Yes or No
• False or True
• 0 or 1
• Y or N
• F or T
• false or true

true and false values are special. Depending on the export type, these may be output without double quotes.

Generates a column that contains a unique number on each row, incrementing by whatever value you enter. This option can be helpful for inserting the data into a database field with an auto-increment primary key.

The optional placeholder string lets you embed the generated increment value within a string, via the {$INCR} placeholder. For example:

• ROW-{$INCR} -> ROW-1, ROW-2, ROW-3, ROW-4, ...
• {$INCR}F -> 1F, 2F, 3F, 4F, ...

This randomly generates a number between the values you specify. Both fields allow you to enter negative numbers.

This data type generates random currency values, in whatever format and range you want. The example dropdown contains several options so you can get a sense of how it works, but here's what each of the options means.

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This data type lets you generate a column of data that has repeating values from row to row. Here's a couple of examples to give you an idea of how this works.

• If you'd like to provide the value "1" for every row, you can enter "1" in the Value(s) field and any value (>0) in the Loop Count field.
• If you'd like to have 100 rows of the string "Male" followed by 100 rows of the string "Female" and repeat, you can enter "100" in the Loop Count field and "Male|Female" in the Value(s) field.
• If you'd like 5 rows of 1 through 10, enter "5" for the Loop Count field, and "1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10" in the Value(s) field.

Try tinkering around with it. You'll get the idea.

The Composite data type lets you combine the data from any other row or rows, and manipulate it, change it, combine the information and more. The content should be entered in the Smarty templating language.

To output the value from any row, just use the placeholders {$ROW1}, {$ROW2}, etc. You cannot refer to the current row - that would either melt the server and/or make the universe implode.

Here are a few examples:

• Display a value from row 6: {$ROW6}
• Assuming row 1 and row 2 contain random numbers, the following are examples of some simple math:
  • {$ROW2-$ROW1} - subtraction
  • {$ROW2*$ROW1} - multiplication
  • {$ROW2/$ROW1} - division
• If row 1 contains the number 5, display "N/A", otherwise just display the number. {if $ROW1 == 5}N/A{else}{$ROW1}{/if}

Please see the Smarty website for more information on the syntax.

This data type lets you generate tree-like data in which every row is a child of another row - except the very first row, which is the trunk of the tree. This data type must be used in conjunction with the Auto-Increment data type: that ensures that every row has a unique numeric value, which this data type uses to reference the parent rows.

The options let you specify which of your form fields is the appropriate auto-increment field and the maximum number of children a node may have.

Enter a list of items, separated by a pipe | character. Then select whether you want Exactly X number of items, or At most X items from the list. Multiple items are returned in a comma-delimited list in the results. If you want your data set to include empty values, just add one or more pipe characters at the end - the more pipes you enter, the greater the probability of an empty value being generated.

The Computed Data Type gives you access to the metadata about fields in the row to let you generate whatever output you want based on that information. If you just need to access the generated string value from another field (i.e. what you see in the output), see the Composite Data Type. This field type gives you much more access to each field.

{$ROW1}, {$ROW2} etc. contain everything available about that particular row. The content changes based on the row's Data Type and what has been generated, but high-level it contains the following properties:

• {$ROW1.OPTIONS} - whatever options were entered in the interface/API call for the row
• {$ROW1.COL_METADATA} - any additional metadata returned for the Data Type
• {$ROW1.DATA} - the actual generated random content for this field (always in a "display" property) plus any other information about the generated content
• {$ROW1.DEBUG} - a handy JSON-serialization of everything in the row, so you can see what's available. Just run it through a JSON formatter.

• {$ROW1.DATA.gender} - will output the gender ("male", "female" or "unknown") of the generated content of a Names Data Type field (be sure to replace "1" with the right row number!). If you used FemaleName as the placeholder string this variable will return "female" every time. If you entered "Name", the value returned will depend on the generated string. If you entered a placeholder string with multiple formats, it will return "unknown" if it contained both genders, or no genders (e.g. a surname without a first name).