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1. Create and configure a data masking activity

Learn how to create a data masking activity and how to configure it once set up. This section includes Exercise 1. 

Step 1 - Create masking data activity

The first step to masking your data is to create a new data masking activity.

Firstly, navigate to the Data Activities dashboard, then select the 'Mask Database' activity.

This will launch the wizard for creating the mask database activity. The wizard will guide you through the following steps, click the ‘next step’ button as you go to progress.

  1. Details – Here the user can decide the name of the activity and write a description of the activity


  2.  Definition – here the user can choose the definition and the desired version, it will automatically fill out the related connection for the definition

  3. Ruleset – here the user can choose whether to create a new ruleset for the activity or choose an already created ruleset to use

    Existing Ruleset – choose an existing ruleset that is associated with this definition

    New Ruleset – Configure which tables are to be masked by this activity. The masking rules will be configured later

  4. Location – choose where to save the data activity

    A new data activity will appear in the chosen location, ready for configuration.

 

Step 2 - Masking configuration

When a Masking data activity is created, a default configuration will be set. These specify different settings within the data activity. You will want to edit these default configurations to suit your needs. To do this, click the edit button in the top right-hand corner. 

The following fields are available to edit:

  • Masking list application ID: If you’re using a seed list, you will need to choose the application that contains those seed lists. 
  • Locale: For some functions the locale will change the result, e.g. addresses. By default, it will be in English.
  • Batch size: Enter the size of a batch of rows to use in updating the database
  • Xref connection ID: If you would like to cross reference, choose the database connection you’ll be cross referencing against.
  • Include views: A view is the result set of a stored query, which can be queried in the same manner as a persistent database collection object. Toggle this to on if you would like to include views, otherwise it can be toggled off.

Exercise 1 - Create and configure a data masking activity

  1. Use the instructions in Step 1 to create a data masking activity for your OT database (or other training database)
  2. Use the instructions in Step 2 to configure your mask database activity

Need help or want to check your work? Check the solution video here.

Proceed to Section 2 - Create rule sets and global defaults >