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(v1) Scrambling data
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(v1) Scrambling data

Owned by Marcin Galczynski
Last updated: Jan 15, 2025
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Data Scrambling

A scramble list is a part of an automation object. For compliance purposes, for example, GDPR purposes, it's required to hide some of the test case fields. Thanks to the anonymizer feature, it's possible to select fields that hold sensitive values and decide what action should be taken to prevent them from being compromised.

Parameter name

Description

Example

Rule Type

Rule type. Available options:

  • Test Case Creation - in case you want to scramble data during the creation of a test case

  • Runtime - in case you want to scramble data during runtime - when the interface is executed, and additional data is loaded to test case data.

Test Case Creation

Rule

Specify scrambling rule name for identification.

NAME

Method

Choose a scrambling method from a list. Available methods:

  • CONSTANT Replace value with constant
    The current value will contain the constant passed in the parameter. The constant should be provided as is without any brackets.

  • GUID Generate GUID

    Generate random value in a GUID format. 

  • RANDOM Generate a random value

    Generates a random value. The value of the parameter defines the upper limit of the range. It is also possible to generate negative numbers. For example, passing -100 in parameter will generate random numbers from -1 to -100

  • HASH create a hash based on value
    Calculates a hash based on the given value using algorithm passed in parameter (default 'SHA1').

  • MASK - replace each character with constant
    Replace each character with a constant passed in parameter. For example, passing X in the parameter will replace scrambled data with X signs.

  • CUSTOM - create custom method
    create a CUSTOM method (implementing an interface /INT4/IFTT_IF_DATA_SCRMBL_METH).

HASH

Expression Type

Expression type. Available options:

  • unspecified

  • XPath

  • Flat expression

This field is optional for all interfaces where there is a single type of output. However, for interfaces that output might be both XML and flat file, it is mandatory to specify the expression type.

XPath

Expression

Path pointing to the field/node where the exception should be applied.

//ORDER/DATE/text()  (XPATH expression) or

START_TAG(BGM+220+)&&END_TAG(+)&& (Flat file expression) or

$.order.date (JSONPath expression)

REGEX(BGM\+220\+(.*)\+) (REGEX expression)

Parameter

Specify Processing Parameter suitable for a chosen scrambling method.

X (for Mask method), SHA1 (for HASH Method)