Test data management ecosystem

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418545-B1
Application number	US-202217826904-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 27, 2022
Priority date	May 27, 2022
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A test data management ecosystem allows for a distributed test data management application. The distributed test data management application includes a core component and multiple satellite components performing coordinated operations to manufacture test data and convey the manufactured test data to end users. The distributed test data management application decentralizes the test data manufacturing to the satellite components, which report to the core component with metadata associated with the manufactured test data. The test data management ecosystem also includes multiple user interfaces and application programming interfaces to support various functionalities of the test data management ecosystem, such as test data manufacturing, managing, governing, tracking, and provisioning.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a test data management (TDM) system configured to create one or more test datasets, comprising:
a core component comprising: a core component interface, a core database, and a hardware processor configured to:
authenticate an access right of a user to access the core component and test dataset creation access rights with respect to a plurality of satellite components;
in response to authenticating the access right of the user and the test dataset creation access rights, initiate, via the core component interface, a landing page enabling the user to access the plurality of satellite components to selectively create the one or more test datasets;
receive and track transactions associated with the one or more test datasets, wherein the transactions are received from the plurality of satellite components and are stored in the core database, based upon actions associated with the one or more test datasets that are performed at the plurality of satellite components; and
provide to the landing page a status indication associated with the one or more test datasets, based upon the tracking of the transactions to cause the landing page to display the status indication; and

the plurality of satellite components each comprising: a corresponding satellite component, a corresponding satellite component interface, a corresponding of satellite database, and a corresponding processor configured to:
in response to an indication to selectively create a corresponding test dataset, create and store the corresponding test dataset in the corresponding satellite database;
in response to identifying an action associated with the corresponding test dataset being performed at the corresponding satellite component, log a transaction indicating the action; and
transmit the transaction to the core component.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core component comprises a core repository storing core component data and core component policies associated with properties, attributes, or characteristics of the core component.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the core repository is configured to enable the plurality of satellite components to check in, query, and check out a plurality of test data templates stored in the core component data, wherein the plurality of satellite components is configured to check in, query, and check out the plurality of test data templates based on the core component policies.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of test data templates comprises data architecture, structure, standard, and format associated with the one or more test datasets.

5. The system of claim 2 , wherein the core repository is stored in the core database or a distributed ledger.

6. The system of claim 2 , wherein the core component comprises one or more persistence layers providing intermediary layers comprising object-relational mappings between the core component interface and the core component data.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core component comprises a plurality of test data management proxies used by the plurality of satellite components.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of test data management proxies is configured to enable a traverse from a production environment to a test environment.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the landing page is configured to allow the user to determine a plurality of data attributes of the corresponding test dataset.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the access right of the user comprises user name, user ID, biometric information associated with the user.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the core component is configured to determine the test dataset creation access rights based at least on the access right of the user.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of satellite components is configured to remove the one or more test datasets from the corresponding satellite database.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein metadata allows the core component to become aware of the one or more test datasets and provide an indication to the user.

14. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions that, when implemented by one or more processors of one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:
authenticate an access right of a user to access a core component and test dataset creation access rights with respect to a plurality of satellite components;
in response to authenticating the access right of the user and the test dataset creation access rights, initiate, via a first user interface, a landing page enabling the user to access a plurality of interfaces to selectively create one or more test datasets;
receive metadata comprising transactions associated with the one or more test datasets;
receive and track the transactions, wherein the transactions are received from the plurality of satellite components and are stored in a core database, based upon actions associated with the one or more test datasets that are performed at the plurality of satellite components; and
provide to the landing page a status indication associated with the one or more test datasets, based upon the tracking of the transactions to cause the landing page to display the status indication.

15. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions that, when implemented by the one or more processors of the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:
manufacture or remove, via a plurality of user interfaces, the one or more test datasets and store the one or more test datasets in a plurality of databases;
log the transactions;
create the metadata based on the transactions; and
transmit the metadata.

16. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the landing page is configured to enable the user to access the plurality of user interfaces to manufacture or remove the one or more test datasets.

17. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions that, when implemented by the one or more processors of the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:
validate the one or more test datasets in a test environment; and
perform simulations using the one or more test datasets in the test environment.

18. The tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions that, when implemented by the one or more processors of the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to:
enable a traverse from a production environment to the test environment based on a plurality of test data management proxies.

19. A computer implemented method, comprising:
authenticating an access right of a user to access a core component and test dataset creation access rights with respect to a plurality of satellite components;
in response to authenticating the access right of the user and the test dataset creation access rights, initiating, via a core component interface, a landing page enabling the user to access the plurality of satellite components to selectively create one or more test datasets;
receiving and tracking transactions associated with the one or more test datasets, wherein the transactions are received from the plurality of satellite components and are stored in a core database, based upon actions associated with the one or more test datasets that are performed at the plurality of satellite components; and
providing to

Assignees

• Usaa

Inventors

• Osterkamp Bryan J
• Swarnapuri Sushil

Classifications

• G06F21/6218

  to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database · CPC title

• G06F16/2379

  Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing · CPC title

• G06F21/31

  User authentication · CPC title

• H04L63/101

  Access control lists [ACL] · CPC title

• G06F21/50

  Monitoring users, programs or devices to maintain the integrity of platforms, e.g. of processors, firmware or operating systems · CPC title