Format Preserving Masking
Format-preserving masking, introduced in Fabric 8.0, provides a solution for maintaining consistent data masking across multiple fields while preserving their original formatting patterns. It addresses scenarios where the same underlying value appears in multiple fields with different formatting patterns.
An optional parameter has been added to the Masking Actor - formatter - to enable format-preserving masking. This parameter can be set with either a formatter flow or an Actor in order to preserve the original format in the masked value and to set the same masked values to all fields that have the same normalized (’naked‘) value, although each field has a different format.
Example:
- The phone number exists in multiple fields in the data source in different formats: +1 (254) 455 5666, +1(254)4555666, +1 (254)-455-5666.
- All these fields must get the same masked value (as they correspond to a single phone number), but the format needs to be different for each field in order to match its original format.
|
Original Value |
Masked Value |
|
+1 (254) 455 5666 |
+1 (254) 430 8992 |
|
+1(254)4555666 |
+1(254)4308992 |
|
+1 (254)-455-5666 |
+1 (254)-430-8992 |
The following diagram describes how the Masking Actor uses the formatter for preserving the original format in the masked value:
Click here for more information about the formatter flows and Actors.
Format Preserving Masking
Format-preserving masking, introduced in Fabric 8.0, provides a solution for maintaining consistent data masking across multiple fields while preserving their original formatting patterns. It addresses scenarios where the same underlying value appears in multiple fields with different formatting patterns.
An optional parameter has been added to the Masking Actor - formatter - to enable format-preserving masking. This parameter can be set with either a formatter flow or an Actor in order to preserve the original format in the masked value and to set the same masked values to all fields that have the same normalized (’naked‘) value, although each field has a different format.
Example:
- The phone number exists in multiple fields in the data source in different formats: +1 (254) 455 5666, +1(254)4555666, +1 (254)-455-5666.
- All these fields must get the same masked value (as they correspond to a single phone number), but the format needs to be different for each field in order to match its original format.
|
Original Value |
Masked Value |
|
+1 (254) 455 5666 |
+1 (254) 430 8992 |
|
+1(254)4555666 |
+1(254)4308992 |
|
+1 (254)-455-5666 |
+1 (254)-430-8992 |
The following diagram describes how the Masking Actor uses the formatter for preserving the original format in the masked value:
Click here for more information about the formatter flows and Actors.
