SharePoint 2007 Test Data Population Tool

Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Test Data Load Tool (MOSSDW.exe) is a tool that helps data population for MOSS deployments. It provides an XML based mechanism to populate multiple objects and associate XML tags to classes. It is available as a command line executable which accepts an XML file that specifies the objects to be populated.

The basic XML format for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server Test Data Load Tool is as follows:

<mossdwlib>
<object parameter="”value”">
<childobject parameter="value"></childobject>
</object>
</mossdwlib>

For example:

<mossdwlib>
<testportal>
<testarea num="5" urlname="PublishingWeb$num$"></testarea>
</testportal>
</mossdwlib>

This sample would create 5 web sites named PublishingWeb1 through PublishingWeb5 under the current portal site.

You can use a lot of nice features and options for this purpose. For a complete list you have to download the help for this tool.

You can download this tool from here.