Install sample data

About this task

PolicyCenter includes sample data for use in training, configuration and testing. The PolicyCenter server must be in development mode to be able to load sample data. The QuickStart server is always in development mode.

Important: Guidewire expressly does not support any attempt to load the default sample data into a production system.

To demonstrate the difference in rate calculation between written date and effective date, Guidewire configures the sample data for all states beginning with the letter “N” to use written date. Rates for those states are chosen based on the current date and not the effective date of the policy. Guidewire configures all other states to use the effective date of the policy. This has nothing to do with actual industry practices or state laws. It is only a demonstration.

If you have previously loaded a sample data set, you must drop the PolicyCenter database before it is possible to load a different sample data set.

Procedure

  1. Log into PolicyCenter using an administrative user account.
  2. Press Alt+Shift+T to open the Server Tools page.
  3. Click Internal Tools.
  4. Click PC Sample Data in the menu on the left.
  5. Click Load for one of the following:

    Tiny

    Provides a small amount of data. Load the Tiny data set for unit tests.

    Free-text Search

    A separate additional data set of accounts and policies for testing and demonstrating Guidewire free-text search.

    Guidewire recommends that you set up and enable free-text search before you load free-text sample data. PolicyCenter indexes the sample data automatically if you load the data after you set up and enable free-text search. If you load free-text sample data before you set up and enable free-text search, you then must perform an extra step to index the sample data.

    For more information, seeFree-text search configuration.

    Small

    Includes all of the Tiny set plus a few sample accounts and policies. Load the Small data set for local configuration.

    Large

    Includes all of the Small set plus a full set of data. Load the Large data set for demonstrations, manual quality assurance, and performance testing.

    Product x Job Status

    Additional data set containing policies for every product in every job status allowed by GUnit entity builders.

    PolicyCenter displays a message after the sample data import completes.
  6. (Optional) To load sample data for the location search API used by the catastrophe search from ClaimCenter, click Load catastrophe sample policies (commercial property).

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