# Tonic Fabricate User Guide

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Fabricate has deprecated rule-based databases, which were only available with Enterprise plans.

New Enterprise customers can no longer create a rule-based database.

We plan to completely remove the functionality from Fabricate.
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Tonic Fabricate allows you to create data from scratch.

For example, maybe you are working on a new feature or product where there is no existing data that uses the new schema. Or you need data for testing or development, but don't have any access to data that you can use.

In Fabricate, you use the AI-based Data Agent chat to quickly define and refine a set of data.

Fabricate can produce a range of value types across multiple categories and industries. You can even enhance the generated data with real data that you upload.

And when you're ready to use the data, you can export it in a variety of formats, including unstructured files that are populated from the data.

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Want to know what's in the latest Fabricate releases? Go to the [Fabricate release notes](https://www.tonic.ai/product-release-notes/fabricate).

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fabricate data generation</strong><br><br>Overviews of the flow to generate data in Fabricate.</td><td><a href="about-fabricate/fabricate-data-generation">fabricate-data-generation</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Get started</strong><br><br>Create a Fabricate account and start your first database.</td><td><a href="fabricate-accounts-and-users/fabricate-getting-started">fabricate-getting-started</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Use the Fabricate API</strong><br><br>Use the API to manage databases and generate data.</td><td><a href="fabricate-api-and-cli/using-the-fabricate-api">using-the-fabricate-api</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

To check the operational status of Fabricate, go to [status.tonic.ai](https://status.tonic.ai).

Need help with Fabricate? Contact <support@tonic.ai>.


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