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ViLas
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Is it possible to mask data for some users, for example out of privacy reasons?

I know masking was a feature in version 1 and for some reason was removed in Gen 2, but how could this still be achieved as it is a much asked requirement, that certain users should not see certain attributes and no, I don't want to create a VCI copy of each asset that has such columns and replace that column with some dummy value, that's not masking.

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Hi Cansu,

 

Thank you for your reply and your suggestion, but I will probably not follow it as solving showing a subset of attributes by not showing any data will not really be a viable option for a client, in stead I will then probably keep using my current workaround which is to create a VCI that shows masking values like 'XXXXXXXXโ€™ in the column(s) that should be masked, and give said user group only acces to that VCI and not the default unmasked data asset.

Of course, being a VCI they will not have the Data tab anyway after profiling but in Monitoring Project results with their invalid sample data they will, or any post-processing export for that matter.

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Cansu
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Hi @ViLas, welcome to the community, and thank you for posting. In Gen 2, masking is not available at the moment. However, I can suggest using role-based permissions you can edit the "View Metadata Access" settings to remove the data tab which also eliminates that in the samples as a workaround for now. Please feel free to let us know if you have any other questions.

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ViLas
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Hi Cansu,

 

Thank you for your reply and your suggestion, but I will probably not follow it as solving showing a subset of attributes by not showing any data will not really be a viable option for a client, in stead I will then probably keep using my current workaround which is to create a VCI that shows masking values like 'XXXXXXXXโ€™ in the column(s) that should be masked, and give said user group only acces to that VCI and not the default unmasked data asset.

Of course, being a VCI they will not have the Data tab anyway after profiling but in Monitoring Project results with their invalid sample data they will, or any post-processing export for that matter.


Cansu
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Thank you for getting back to me and sharing your alternative method @ViLas, weโ€™ll be sure to update you if there are any changes in the product. You can also always follow our Product Updates here.


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