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Populating the Database

Populating the Database

Configure Demo Data Sets

The following Elastic Path demo data is included in the commerce-data module:

  • ep-shared-demo-data - demo data used by all demos.
  • ep-mobee-demo-data - demo data for Cortex stores.
  • demo-snapitup-data - demo data for example camera stores.
Tip: Configuring Demo Data

To change the demo data that is loaded in your local development environment, update extensions/database/ext-data/src/main/resources/environments/local/data-population.properties. Remove the data sets that you don't want loaded.

Populate the Database

To create a new database schema and populate the database with demo data:

  1. In the command line, navigate to the extensions/database directory.
  2. Run the following command to run the Data Population tool: 
    mvn clean install -Preset-db
Tip: Update Database without Dropping and Recreating Schema
To update an existing database without dropping and recreating the schema, run the following command:
mvn clean install -Pupdate-db
For more information, see Data Population - Patterns and Data Population - Extensions Data.
Tip: Troubleshooting

Database settings are defined in your .m2/settings.xml file. If there are errors connecting to the database or creating a new schema, you may need to update these settings to match your local database settings.