Setting Up Redaction Rules
The Redaction Rule maintenance function from the Administration menu is used to add, modify, and remove Redaction Rule definitions. To navigate to the option, select Admin, select Security, and select Redaction Rule.
To maintain the Redaction Rules, specify the following:
Field
Comments
Redaction Rule
Identifier for rule. Must be prefixed with CM for custom Redaction Rules to avoid conflicts with base provided rules
Description
Short description for rule
Field Source Type
Source of field. Valid Values:
• Physical Field. Field definition on a particular table.
• Referenced Field. Set to apply to field across tables.
• XML Storage. Element within CLOB.
Redaction Function
Redaction function to apply
Table
Table Name for Field. Table must be defined as a Table object
Field
Field Name on Table. Field must be defined to Table on the specified Table object
Filter Expression
SQL WHERE Filter for field values to limit usage of redaction if necessary.
For example:
OWNER_FLG = 'CM' AND…
The filter is limited to fields on the table.
Leaving this value blank applies redaction to all values of the field.
Reference Field
Reference Field to apply redaction to.
XPath Expression
The XPath expression to determine the field in the CLOB to apply the rule to
Once Redaction Rules have been defined, they are automatically used by Content Migration Assistant (CMA) and Generalized Data Export (GDE). To bypass use of the Redaction Rules for Generalized Data Export, specify the appropriate value for the doNotApplyRedactRules parameter on the execution for the initial or ongoing extracts.