Universal Data Generator Documentation

This is the documentation index for Universal Data Generator, a JSON-configured synthetic data engine. Start with the getting-started guides, then move to the topic guides, the architecture, or the API reference.

Getting started

• Installation — prerequisites and how to build.
• Configuration — the embedded catalog and the run config.
• Quick start — generate data offline in a few minutes.

Guides

• Run configuration — the run-config JSON and per-entity profiles.
• Targets — every sink type, its properties, and authentication.
• Hosts — the PowerShell module, Functions host, WinForms client, and Foundry tool.
• Logging — Application Insights across all tiers.
• Localization — output locale, global default and per-entity override.
• Configuration editor — the desktop editor for the run configuration.
• Deployment — running the generator in Azure.
• Troubleshooting — common problems and fixes.

Architecture

• Overview — components, data flow, and diagrams.
• Decision records — the design decisions and their trade-offs.

API reference

• Overview — the public surface, project by project.
• Abstractions, Core, Configuration, Targets, Foundry, Observability.

Contributing

• Development — the local workflow.
• Testing — how the tests are organized.
• Style guide — code and documentation conventions.