MASK_DELIMITER

Masks characters between two delimiters with a user-specified masking symbol.

Parameters

• sourceColumns – A list of existing column names.

• maskSymbol – A symbol that will be used to replace specified characters.

• startDelimiter – A character indicating where masking is to begin. Omitting this parameter will apply the mask starting from the start of the string.

• endDelimiter – A character indicating where masking is to end. Omitting this parameter will apply the masking from the startDelimiter to the end of the string.

• preserveDelimiters – If true, applies mask to delimiters.

• alphabet – An array of character sets to preserve during masking. Valid enum values: SYMBOLS, WHITESPACE.

• entityTypeFilter – Optional array of entity types. Can be used to encrypt only detected PII in free-text column.

Example

// Mask string between '<' and '>', ignoring white spaces, symbols, and lowercase letters
{ 
    "RecipeAction": {
        "Operation": "MASK_DELIMITER",
        "Parameters": {
            "sourceColumns": ["name"],
            "maskSymbol": "#",
            "startDelimiter": "<",
            "endDelimiter": ">",
            "preserveDelimiters": false,
            "alphabet": ["WHITESPACE", "SYMBOLS"]
        }
    }
}