Generate US SSN

The Generate US SSN masking activity allows you to generate social security numbers specific to the United States.

Table of contents
Usage
Example
Properties

Usage

To use the Generate US SSN masking activity, it must be placed inside a table masking activity or a similar activity that iterates over data. Once placed, select the property you want to mask. Next, you must select the algorithm used to generate new social security numbers. The following algorithms are available:

AreaCode
Randomization
Mixed

You must also choose the social security number format, i.e. whether you want to use delimiters in the social security numbers or not. The following formats are available:

XXX-XX-XXXX
XXXXXXXXX

Additionally, you can set the EnforceUnique property to make sure every generated credit card number is unique.

Example

In this example we want to mask US social security numbers in the Customer table, so first we place the Account masking activity and put the Generate US SSN masking activity within it. Once placed, we select the SocialSecurityNumber property. We choose Mixed as the algorithm and as the format we select the one that uses delimiters. Other properties are left as they are.

Generate US SSN example Figure 1: Generating US social security numbers

Properties

Property group	Property name	Description	Example
Input properties	Algorithm	The algorithm used for generating social security numbers.	Write `Ekobit.BizDataX.DataMasking.DataGenerators.US.USSocialSecurityNumberAlgorithm.Mixed`, `Ekobit.BizDataX.DataMasking.DataGenerators.US.USSocialSecurityNumberAlgorithm.Randomization`, `Ekobit.BizDataX.DataMasking.DataGenerators.US.USSocialSecurityNumberAlgorithm.AreaCode` or choose property from the dropdown list
	DataItemProperty	The property to mask.	Write `x => x.SocialSecurityNumber` or choose property from the dropdown list
	EnforceUnique	If true, random selection should select unique values.	`true` or `false`
	UseDelimiter	Whether delimiter should be used when generating social security numbers.	`true` or `false`
Input: Filter	Filter	Expression used for filtering records - only filtered items will be masked.	`x => x.SocialSecurityNumber.EndsWith("00")`
	SkipDefaultValues	If true, default values will be omitted in masking (i.e. null values are not masked).	`true` or `false`
Input: Repeating	RepeaterId	The ID of the repeater that will be used to detect repeating and save results when masking item key repeats.	`SocialSecurityNumberRepeater`
	RepeatingKey	Key to use for repeating detection.	Write `x => CompositeKey.Create(x.SocialSecurityNumber)` or choose properties from the pop-up window
Misc	DisplayName	Display name of the activity in the workflow.	`Pick US SSN`
	Result	Contains the masking definition object. It's a part of the masking infrastructure and should be ignored.	-