For developing changes to the pipeline, the dj_local_conf.json 'custom' dictionary can be modified to contain the following configuration variables to modify data without affecting others' databases:
- ingest.behavior.database
- ingest.ephys.database
- lab.database
- experiment.database
- ephys.database
- psth.database
- ccf.database
- histology.database
- report.database
- publication.database
See also the 'get_schema_name' function in pipeline/init.py which is used by the various MAP pipeline modules to adust DataJoint schema at runtime.
Unit tests for ingest are present in the tests directory and can be run using
the nostests command. These tests will destructively delete the actively
configured databases and perform data ingest and transfer tasks using the data
stored within the 'test_data' directory - as such, care should be taken not to
run the tests against the live database configuration settings.