Can I seed data on required property in EF?

Question

Is it recommended to seed data with [Required] property?

To be more specific let us take this example

public class Equipment : BaseEntity
    {
        #region Properties
        public int EquipmentId { get; set; }
        [Required]
        public string EquipmentName { get; set; }
        public EquipmentType EquipmentType { get; set; }
        #region Navigation Properties
        public ICollection<EventEquipment> EventEquipments { get; set; }
        #endregion

        #endregion

        #region Constructors
        public Equipment()
        {

        }
        #endregion

        #region Methods
        #endregion
    }
}

can I use EquipmentName property to seed data? Is this the recommended approach? If not, what is the best property to use to seed data?

Answer 1

If you wanna seed data, better way is to seed whole objects, not only single property. On the other hand, there's no formal restriction to seed required property.