Mask
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Masking can be especially useful in the following situations:
To mask columns that contain directly identifiable information, such as Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
To mask columns that contain indirectly identifiable information, such as Birthdate columns.
When data needs to remain recognizable in format.
Open your workspace.
On the Job Configuration tab, select the column icon on the top left of the column where you want to apply a mask function.
Under Column settings > Generation Method, select Mask to view the list of available mask functions.
Select the Mask function that you wish to apply from the dropdown list of available mask functions.
Set the relevant mask parameters.
Select Confirm.
To edit any mask settings you have applied previously:
Open your Workspace.
Now you can either:
On the Job Configuration tab, select the column icon on the top left of the column where you want to edit a mask function.
On the Job Configuration tab, under Applied steps, select the Edit icon next to the column name where you want to edit a mask function.
On the PII tab, select the Edit icon behind the column where you want to edit a mask function.
Under the Generation Method, define the parameters that you want to change.
Select Confirm.
Syntho offers various masking functions. Each function is designed to handle different types of sensitive data. You can explore them based on their categories, including Text, Numeric (integer), Numeric (decimal), Datetime and UUID.
