System and method for creating test data for data driven software systems

A computer-readable medium containing a program which, when executed by a processor, performs operations for creating test data configured for testing a data driven software system, the operations comprising:

• retrieving a configuration schema describing structure and layout of configuration data suitable for driving the software system;
• retrieving a set of constraints suitable to establish boundaries on possible permutations of the configuration data;
• and
• generating the test data on the basis of the configuration schema and the set of constraints.

A system for creating test data configured for testing a data driven software system, comprising:

• a configuration schema describing structure and layout of configuration data suitable for driving the software system;
• a set of constraints suitable to establish boundaries on possible permutations of the configuration data;
• and
• a test data generator configured to generate the test data on the basis of the configuration schema and the set of constraints.