Pick first name from list

The Pick first name from list masking activity allows you to mask table columns by replacing them with a value from the first name picklists.

Table of contents
Usage
Example
Properties

Usage

To use the Pick first name from list masking activity, it must be placed inside a table masking activity or a similar activity that iterates over data. Once placed, you can choose the property you want to mask, and then select the type of data you want to replace it with. Furthermore, you can specify what subset of picklist data will be used to get the replacement values from.

Example

Let's assume we want to mask first names in the Customers table. We can do this by first placing the Customer masking activity, and then placing the Pick first name from list masking activity inside it. Then, we choose the FirstName column, and for the type of data to replace it with, we choose FirstName. We leave the picklist declaration as it is.

Pick first name example Figure 1: First name masking

Properties

Property group	Property name	Description	Example
Input properties	DataItemProperty	The property to mask.	Write `x => x.FirstName` or choose property from the dropdown list
	EnforceUnique	If true, random selection should select unique values.	`true` or `false`
Input: Filter	Filter	Expression used for filtering records - only filtered items will be masked.	`x => x.FirstName.StartsWith("T")`
	SkipDefaultValues	If true, default values will be omitted in masking (i.e. null values are not masked).	`true` or `false`
Input: Lookup	LookupItems	Items to use for random selection of parameters during masking.	`PickLists.WorldFirstNames`
	LookupProperty	Lookup item property whose value should be used as replacement value.	`lookup => lookup.FirstName`
Input: Repeating	RepeaterId	The ID of the repeater that will be used to detect repeating and save results when masking item key repeats.	`FirstNameRepeater`
	RepeatingKey	Key to use for repeating detection.	Write `x => CompositeKey.Create(x.FirstName, x.LastName)` or choose properties from the pop-up window
	RepeatValueOnly	Whether repeaters should only save the used lookup value, and not entire lookup item.	`true` or `false`
Misc	DisplayName	Display name of the activity in the workflow.	`Pick first name from list`
	Result	Contains the masking definition object. It's a part of the masking infrastructure and should be ignored.	-