The Ed-Fi ODS / API ships with a sample dataset containing approximately 1000 students. For a variety of reasons, you may want to install a different sample database than the one that ships with ODS / API. This article walks through how set up the Glendale database, which contains approximately 50,000 student records, as your template for a populated database.
Step 1. Update the Config File
Update the "sandbox:populatedTemplateScript" key to the appSettings section of the file: <source directory>\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\Application\EdFi.Ods.WebApi\Web.config.
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<appSettings>
<add key="sandbox:populatedTemplateScript" value="Glendale" />
</appSettings>
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This tells Initialize-DevelopmentEnvironment which source selection script to run. If no script is provided, or the name specified does not exist, the Initialize-DevelopmentEnvironment will fail when trying to reset the populated template.
If you have an environment (usually staging or QA) that also deploys the populated template, you will need to add the same key to the file: <source directory>\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\Scripts\NuGet\EdFi.RestApi.Databases\Databases.config.
Step 2. Run Reset-PopulatedTemplate
In a PowerShell session navigate to <source directory>\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\.
Execute .\Initialize-PowershellForDevelopment.ps1.
PS C:\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\> .\Initialize-PowershellForDevelopment.ps1
Importing Module: InitializeDevelopmentEnvironment.psm1
Using repositories from environment variable: Ed-Fi-Common;Ed-Fi-Ods;Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation
Execute Reset-PopulatedTemplate.
PS C:\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\> Reset-PopulatedTemplate
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Reset-PopulatedTemplateDatabase
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Using repositories from environment variable: Ed-Fi-Common;Ed-Fi-Ods;Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation
Downloading file from https://odsassets.blob.core.windows.net/public/Glendale/EdFi_Glendale_v32-20190610.7z...
Download complete.
Extracting EdFi_Glendale_v32-20190610.7z...
Extracted to: C:\Ed-Fi-ODS-Implementation\PopulatedTemplate\Database\EdFi_Glendale_v32-20190610.7z
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Task TotalMinutes
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Reset-PopulatedTemplate 3.78
When the process successfully completes, you should see something similar to above.