Age synthesis options

When you select the Synthesis option for the Age entity type, you can either:

• Shift the age within a specific range.

• Pass through ages younger than 90, and group ages 90 and older into a single value.

Synthesis options for age values

Shifting the age within a range

To shift the age within a specified range:

1. From the Age generator type dropdown list, select Age shift.

2. In the Range of Years +/- for the Shifted Age field, enter the number of years before and after the original value to use as the range for the synthesized value.

By default, Textual shifts the age value to a value that is within 7 years before or after the original value.

Passing through or grouping the age value

Based on the original age value, to either pass through or group the value, from the Age generator type dropdown list, select Passthrough or group age.

With this option:

• If the original age value is younger than 90, then the value is left as is in the output.

• If the original age is 90 or older, then the value is replaced with 90+.

Indicating whether to scramble values that Textual cannot parse

By default, Textual scrambles age values that it cannot parse.

To instead pass through the value unchanged, uncheck Scramble Unrecognized Ages.