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    Creating Sample Data

    • Sample data can be generated only on an empty database.

    • Most of the examples in the documentation are based on this data,
      and it will help you become familiar with RavenDB and its various functionalities.

    • In this page:

    Create Sample Data

    • Cick the 'Create' button to generate the Northwind database.

    • Documents and sample indexes will be created.

    Figure 1. Create Sample Data

    Create sample data

    The Data Generated

    • The Generated database contains 1,059 documents organized in 8 collections and 3 indexes.

    Figure 2. The generated sample documents

    Sample documents generated


    Figure 3. The generated sample indexes

    Sample indexes generated

    The C# Entities

    • The C# classes used for appropriate documents entities can also be viewed

    Figure 4. The C# classes used for the entities

    C# Classes

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