# Datasets and redaction

You can use the Tonic Textual SDK to manage datasets and to redact individual strings and files.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Create and manage datasets</strong></td><td>Create, update, and get redacted files from a Textual dataset.</td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/textual-api-datasets">textual-api-datasets</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Redact strings</strong></td><td>Send plain text, JSON, or XML strings for redaction.</td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/textual-api-redact-strings">textual-api-redact-strings</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Redact individual files</strong></td><td>Send a file for redaction and retrieve the results.</td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/textual-api-redact-files">textual-api-redact-files</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Transcribe and redact audio files</strong></td><td>Send and audio file to be transcribed and retrieve the redacted transcription.</td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/redact-audio-file">redact-audio-file</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Configure entity type handling</strong></td><td>Configure how Textual treats each type of entity in a dataset, redacted file, or redacted string.</td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/api-redaction-entity-type-handling">api-redaction-entity-type-handling</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Get detected entities</strong><br><br>Get the entity values that were detected in a dataset.</td><td></td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/dataset-get-entity-mappings">dataset-get-entity-mappings</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Record and review redaction requests</strong></td><td>View the results of an SDK redaction request in the Textual application.</td><td></td><td><a href="datasets-redaction/redaction-requeset-record-review">redaction-requeset-record-review</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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