hnnesv / openmrs-generate-testdata

A script for generating random test data for OpenMRS

openmrs-generate-testdata.pl

A script for generating random test data for OpenMRS.

The script generates SQL statements for inserting randomly generated patients with encounters.

Note that this script is very basic and hardcoded for our particular use case. If you want to alter it for you own use, edit the variables appropriately:

# Configure us:
my $creator_id = 1;       #Super user
my $person_start_id = 37; #The first person id to use
etc.

Note that it also depends on specific concepts, setup at the bottom of the script in the obs section.

Usage

The script simply outputs the results to STDOUT:

./openmrs-generate-testdata.pl NUM_PATIENTS NUM_ENCOUNTERS_PER_PATIENT | mysql DB -uUSER -p

Troubleshooting

• The perl DateTime module isn't installed by default on Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install libdatetime-perl

• For very large datasets, the queries may timeout. To fix this, alter/add the following lines in my.cnf: max_allowed_packet = 64M (under both [mysqld] and [mysqldump]) and wait_timeout = 6000