Glossary

Term

Definition

Row generator

A user-defined Python function which will provide one or more random column values for a single table when called.

Story generator

A user-defined Python generator function that yields rows, possibly multiple rows for multiple tables.

Destination database and destination schema

A database and a schema within that database where datafaker creates the synthetic data tables and inserts the synthetic data it generates.

Source database and source schema

A database and a schema within that database that datafaker will create a copy of and mimic when creating synthetic data.

Vocabulary Table

A table that can be copied in its entirety to the destination database.