Character Scramble (TextMaskGenerator)

The Character Scramble generator replaces letters with random other letters and numbers with random other numbers. It preserves punctuation, whitespace, and mathematical symbols.

Link object structure

You can configure the Character Scramble generator to be self-consistent, but not consistent to another column. You cannot configure differential privacy.

The metadata object is populated from the BaseMetadata object.

There is no generator-specific configuration.

{
  "schema": "string",
  "table": "string",
  "column": "string",
  "dataType": "string",  //MongoDB only
  "metadata": {
    "presetId": "string",
    "generatorId": "TextMaskGenerator",
    "isConsistent": boolean,
    "encryptionProcessor": "x-on", //To use configured Structural data encryption
    "customValueProcessor": "string" //If custom value processor applied
  }
}

Example replacement

The following replacement for a Character Scramble generator has consistency disabled.

{
  "name": "occupation",
  "schema": "test",
  "table": "users",
  "links": [
    {
      "schema": "test",
      "table": "users",
      "column": "group_identifier",
      "metadata": {
        "presetId": "TextMaskGenerator"
        "generatorId": "TextMaskGenerator",
        "isConsistent": false
      }
    }
  ]
}