%% Last Updated: - [[2021-03-30]] %% Sometimes, your only other recourse is to create the test data yourself. A disadvantage to this approach is that it will take more time to create the data before you can run your test, but an advantage is that it’s another functionality that you’ve scripted that can perhaps be included in the test suite. When running a test that either requires a significant amount of data or consumes the data in the course of the test, it’s a good idea to take a backup of the relevant databases and create a restore point after the data has been created but before the test is executed. That way you can save some time by falling back to that restore point after the test so that the data is in a known state each time.