Anonymization

Anonymization is a type of information sanitization whose intent is privacy protection. It is a data processing technique that removes or modifies personally identifiable information.

Data Masking

Data masking transform is the process of hiding original data with modified content. It is a method of creating a structurally similar but inauthentic version of an actual data.

  • Select the Data Masking transform from the Transforms tab.

  • Select a column from data grid for transformation.

  • Select a start index and end index which you want to mask.

  • Click the Submit option.

  • Below is the snapshot of how the Data Masking transform when applied converts the selected data:

The selected column gets Masked like as shown in the following image:

Data Hashing

Data Hashing is a technique of using an algorithm to map data of any size to a fixed length. Every hash value is unique. The supported Hash options are Hash, Sha-1, Sha-2 and MD-5.

  • Select the Data Hashing transform from the Transforms tab.

  • Select a column from data grid for transformation.

  • Select the required Hash Option- Hash, Sha-1, Sha-2, MD-5.

  • Click the Submit option.

The following image displays the transformed data after the Data Hashing transform is applied.

The selected column gets converted to

Data Variance

  • Select the Data Variance transform from the Transforms tab.

  • Select a column from data grid for transformation.

  • Select the required Value Type-Numeric/Date.

  • Select an adequate operator from the options and a Percentage value.

  • Click the Submit option.

  • Below is the snapshot of how the Data Variance transform when applied converts the selected data:

By applying the Data Variant transform to a Date column.

The column displays the given values.

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