Assigning and configuring generators
Privacy Hub, Database View, and Table View all provide an option to assign a generator to a column.
For self-hosted Enterprise instances, the selected generator is a generator preset. A generator preset provides a specific configuration for a generator. Whenever a user selects the preset, the generator automatically uses the saved configuration for the preset, which we call the baseline configuration. Tonic currently provides a built-in preset for most generators.
You can optionally override the baseline generator preset configuration after you select the preset. For example, if the built-in preset for the Name generator uses the First Last format, but the column contains a first name, you can change the format to First.
You can also remove the overrides to the baseline configuration. Finally, you can also save the updated configuration as the new baseline for the generator preset. For more information about generator presets, see Managing generator presets.
The ability to manage generator presets requires an Enterprise license. Users in instances that have a Basic or Professional license select and configure generators separately for each column.
Generator presets also are not supported on Tonic Cloud.
From the Generator dropdown, select the generator to assign to the column.
The list contains the names of the generators that can be applied to the column.
Generator dropdown with available generators
Use the filter field to search by generator name.
For self-hosted Enterprise instances, the generator names represent the built-in generator presets. When you select the generator, the configuration is updated to match the current baseline configuration.
To remove the selected generator and set the generator to Passthrough, click the delete icon next to the generator dropdown list.
After you select a generator preset, you can change the generator configuration. For details about the available configuration options for each generator, see the Generator reference.
Overriding the configuration does not affect the baseline configuration for the generator preset.
A column is also considered to have overrides when someone changed the baseline configuration of the generator preset after it was assigned to the column.
Note that the following configuration options are not part of the preset configuration:
On the column configuration panel, you use the Reset to baseline button to remove any overrides to the current baseline configuration for the generator preset.
Generator configuration panel with preset options
From the column configuration panel, you can save the updated configuration as the baseline configuration for the generator preset.
To do this, click Save, then select Update baseline configuration. On the confirmation panel, click Confirm.
When you update the baseline configuration for the generator preset, Tonic does not change the configuration of other columns that use the previous baseline configuration.
Whenever you select a generator preset, it uses the current baseline configuration.
Part of workspace inheritance, which requires an Enterprise license.
In a child workspace, the configuration panel indicates whether the column currently inherits the configuration from the parent workspace.
Column configuration panel with configuration overrides
The inheritance stops if you select a different generator or change the generator configuration.
The inheritance stops if you select a different generator or generator preset (including the Passthrough generator) or change the configuration.
When the column overrides the parent configuration, to reset to the parent configuration and restore the inheritance, click Reset.
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