Patent ID: 8688624

Claim:
A system for the automated loading of seed data for testing in a product integration environment, comprising: a database storing at least one record comprising seed data in a seed data table; and a test module comprising a processor in communication with the database, the processor operable to: receive input data associated with a test session, the input data received in a first format comprising at least one object; automatically convert the input data into a second format, the second format comprising a plurality a metadata data strings, each metadata data string comprising a plurality of key value-pairs; assign a first portion of the plurality of metadata data strings associated with a first object type to a first level; assign a second portion of the plurality of metadata data strings associated with a second object type to a second level; and without requiring further conversion of the input data and during the performance of a plurality of performance tests, repeatedly load the first portion and the second portion of the metadata data strings into the seed data table, wherein loading the metadata data strings comprises: loading the first portion of the metadata data strings associated with the first level into the seed data table before the second portion of the metadata strings associated with the second level; and storing each metadata data string comprising the plurality of key-value pairs in a single field of a record in the seed data table.