Viewing the column list
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The column list on Database View contains information about the sensitivity and generator configuration for each column.
The Column column provides general information about the columns and their content, including:
Table and column name. When you click the column name, Table View for the column table displays.
The name of the schema that contains the table.
The data type for the column.
An indicator when the column is a primary key
The Column column also contains the option to display sample data for the column.
The Status column provides information about whether the column contains sensitive data and whether it has an assigned generator.
The protection status can be one of the following values:
Protected - The column has an assigned generator.
Not Sensitive - The column is marked as not sensitive.
At Risk - The column is sensitive and does not have an assigned generator.
At the right of the Status column is a confidence indicator. For At Risk columns, the confidence indicator shows how confident Structural is that the column is sensitive and contains values of the displayed sensitivity type.
From the Status column, you can change whether a column is sensitive.
The Applied Generator column is where you select and configure the generator to assign.
The generator dropdown indicates the currently assigned generator. It also indicates when an unprotected column has a recommended generator.
For foreign key columns, the generator dropdown is disabled and the column is marked as a foreign key. Foreign key columns always inherit the generator that is assigned to the primary key.
In a child workspace, when the generator configuration overrides the parent workspace, the generator dropdown displays the override icon.
The Applied Generator column also contains the option to display and create column comments.
To filter the column list, you can:
Use the table list to filter the displayed columns based on the table that the columns belong to.
Use the filter field to filter the columns by table or column name.
Use the Filters panel to filter the columns based on column attributes and generator configuration.
You can use column filters to quickly find columns that you want to verify or update the configuration for.
To filter the column list to only include columns for specific tables, either:
Check the checkbox for each table to display columns for.
To filter the column list by table or column name, in the filter field, begin to type text that is in the table or column name.
As you type, Structural filters the column list.
The Filters panel provides access to column filters other than the table and column name.
To display the Filters panel, click Filters.
To search for a filter or a filter value, in the search field, start to type the value. The search looks for text in the individual settings.
For each filter, the Filters panel indicates the number of matching columns, based on the selected tables and the current filters.
To add a filter, depending on the filter type, either check the checkbox or select a filter option. As you add filters, Structural applies them to the column list. Above the list, Structural displays tags for the selected filters.
To clear all of the currently selected filters, click Clear All.
To only display detected sensitive columns for which there is a recommended generator, on the Filters panel, check Has Generator Recommendation.
An at-risk column:
Is marked as sensitive
Is included in the destination data.
Is assigned the Passthrough generator.
To only display at-risk columns, on the Filters panel, check At-Risk Column.
When you check At-Risk Column, Structural adds the following filters under Privacy Settings:
Sets the sensitivity filter to Sensitive
Sets the protection status filter to Not protected
Sets the column inclusion filter to Included
You can filter the columns based on the column sensitivity.
On the Filters panel, under Privacy Settings, the sensitivity filter is by default set to All, which indicates to display both sensitive and non-sensitive columns.
To only display sensitive columns, click Sensitive.
To only display non-sensitive columns, click Not sensitive.
Note that when you check At-risk Column, Tonic automatically selects Sensitive.
You can filter the columns based on whether they have any generator other than Passthrough assigned. To filter the columns based on specific assigned generators, use the Applied Generator filter.
On the Filters panel, under Privacy Settings, the column protection filter is by default set to All, which indicates to display both protected and not protected columns.
To only display columns that have an assigned generator, click Protected.
To only display columns that do not have an assigned generator, click Not protected.
Note that when you check At-Risk Column, Structural automatically selects Not protected.
You can filter the columns based on whether they are populated in the destination database. For example, if a table is truncated, then the columns in that table are not populated.
On the Filters panel, under Privacy Settings, the column inclusion filter is by default set to All, which indicates to display both included and not included columns.
To only display columns that are populated in the destination database, click Included.
To only display columns that are not populated in the destination database, click Not included.
Note that when you check At-Risk Column, Structural automatically selects Included.
To only display columns that are assigned specific generators, on the Filters panel, under Applied Generator, check the checkbox for each generator to include.
The list of generators only includes generators that are assigned to the currently displayed columns and that are compatible with other applied filters.
To search for a specific generator, in the Filters search field, begin to type the generator name.
You can filter the columns by the column data type. For example, you can only display varchar columns, or only columns that contain either numeric or integer values.
To only display columns that have specific data types, on the Filters panel, under Database Data Types, check the checkbox for each data type to include.
The list of data types only includes data types that are present in the currently displayed columns and that are compatible with other applied filters.
To search for a specific data type, in the Filters search field, begin to type the data type.
When the source database schema changes, you might need to update the configuration to reflect those changes. If you do not resolve the schema changes, then the data generation might fail. The data generation fails if there are unresolved conflicting changes, or if you configure Structural to always fail data generation when there are any unresolved changes.
For more information about schema changes, go to Viewing and resolving schema changes.
To only display columns that have unresolved schema changes, on the Filters panel, check Unresolved Schema Changes.
For detected sensitive columns, the sensitivity type indicates the type of data that was detected. Examples of sensitivity types include First Name, Address, and Email.
To only display columns that contain specific sensitivity types, on the Filters panel, under Sensitivity Type, check the checkbox for each sensitivity type to include.
The list of sensitivity types only includes sensitivity types that are present in the currently displayed columns.
To search for a specific sensitivity type, in the Filters search field, type the sensitivity type.
When the Structural sensitivity scan identifies a value as belonging to a sensitivity type, it also determines how confident it is in that determination. The Status column displays the confidence level.
You can filter the columns based on the confidence level.
To only display columns that have a specific confidence level, on the Filters panel, under Sensitivity confidence, check the checkbox next to each confidence level to include.
You can filter the column list based on whether the column is nullable.
On the Filters panel, under Data Attributes, the nullability filter is by default set to All, which indicates to display both nullable and non-nullable columns.
To only display columns that are nullable, click Nullable.
To only display columns that are not nullable, click Non-nullable.
You can filter the column list based on whether the column must be unique.
On the Filters panel, under Data Attributes, the uniqueness filter is by default set to All, which indicates to display both unique and not unique columns.
To only display columns that must be unique, click Unique.
To only display columns that do not require uniqueness, click Not unique.
You can filter the column list to indicate whether to include:
Columns that are not primary or foreign keys.
Columns that are foreign keys.
Columns that are primary keys.
On the Filters panel, under Column Type:
To display columns that are neither a primary key nor a foreign key, check Non-keyed.
To display columns that are primary keys, check Primary key.
To display columns that are foreign keys, check Foreign key.
In a child workspace, to only display columns that override the generator configuration that is in the parent workspace, on the Filters panel, check Overrides Inheritance.
You can enable Structural data encryption, a configuration that allows Structural to:
Decrypt source data before applying the generator
Encrypt generated data before writing it to the destination database
For more information, go to Configuring and using Structural data encryption.
When Structural data encryption is enabled, the generator configuration panel includes an option to use Structural data encryption.
To only display columns that are configured to use Structural data encryption, on the Filters panel, check Uses Data Encryption.
By default, the column list is sorted first by table name, then by column name. The columns for each table display together. Within each table, the columns are in alphabetical order.
You can also sort the column list by column name first, then by table. Columns that have the same name display together. Those columns are sorted by the name of the table.
The button at the right of the Column column heading indicates the current sort order.
T.C indicates that the table is sorted by table, then by column
C.T indicates that the table is sorted by column, then by table
To switch the sort order, click the button.
For more information about how Structural identifies values and assigns the confidence level, go to .
