16 Redaction Rules

The Oracle Utilities Application Framework supports configurable redaction rules which allows exports using Content Migration Assistant (CMA) and Generalized Data Export (GDE) to scramble information as necessary for privacy purposes.

This capability is not used outside of Content Migration Assistant and Generalized Data Export.

Setting Up Redaction Functions

Before using Redaction Rules, a set of reusable Redaction Functions that describe the technique to be used to scramble information must be configured. To maintain Redaction Functions, use the F1-RedactionFunction Extendable Lookup to define the technique to use including:

Field Comments
Redaction Function Identifier for function. Must be prefixed with CM for custom function entries to avoid conflicts with base provided functions
Description Short description for function
Override Description Override description to allow implementations to override short description of base provided functions
Detailed Description Detailed description of function
Status Status of function. Valid Values:•Active. Function is available for use.•Inactive. Function is not available for use.Only Active functions are applied.
Function Type Type of function. Valid Values are:•Date Mask used to mask dates•Number Mask to mask numbers•Regular Expression to mask general fields•String Mask to mask strings
Date Mask Mask of date in ISO format. For example: YYYY-01-01 sets all dates where this function is used to the first day of the year of the record.
Start Offset Start position offset in field for Number Mask and String Mask
End Offset End position offset in field for Number Mask and String Mask
Replacement Digit Digit to use as replacement between start and end offset for Number Mask
Regular Expression Regex expression to find values within data for Regular Expression Mask
Replacement Expression Regex expression to replace values found in regular expression for Regular Expression Mask
Replacement Character Character to use as replacement in between start and end offset for Number Mask
Digits Only Replace Digits only in string. Used for String Mask only. For example, replacing digits in phone numbers.

Setting Up Redaction Rules

Redaction rules must be configured for application to data to be redacted.

See Defining Redaction Rules in the online help provided with your service for information about maintaining redaction information.

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 and/or ongoing extracts.