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Email masking

When you mask an email address, you can create a random email address or a realistic email address. Create a random email address by default.
When you configure email masking, you return random ASCII characters in the email address by default. For example, when you mask Georgesmith@yahoo.com, the results might be KtrIupQAPyk@vdSKh.BIC.
The source input data can contain alphanumeric characters, and the following special characters: _, ., and @
The following examples of email addresses are valid formats:
The following examples of email addresses are not in valid formats:
If the source does not contain a valid format, the task replaces with default values from the defaultValue.xml file.
You can configure email masking as repeatable between tasks, or you can configure email masking to be repeatable in one task. To return realistic email addresses, configure advanced email masking.

Advanced email masking

You can create a realistic email address from a first name, last name, and domain name.
When you configure advanced email masking, you can configure parameters to mask the user name and the domain name in the email address. For example, a source table might contain columns called First_Name and Last_Name. You can configure the email address to contain the first character of First_Name and seven characters of the last name. Define a domain name for the email address. The Masking task creates an address with the following syntax:
VSingh@mycompany.com
The following table describes the parameters you can configure for advanced email masking:
Parameter
Description
Repeatable
Returns the same masked value when you run a task multiple times or when you generate masked values for a field that is in multiple tables.
Seed Value
A starting number to create repeatable output. Enter a number from 1 through 999. Default seed value is 190. You can enter the seed value as a parameter.
First Name
Name of the column to use as the first part of the email name. The email name contains the masked value of the column you choose.
First Name Length
The number of characters in the first name to include in the email address.
Delimiter
Delimiter, such as a dot, hyphen, or underscore, to separate the first name and last name in the email address. If you do not want to separate the first name and last name in the email address, leave the delimiter blank.
Last Name
Name of the masked column to use in the email name. The email name contains the masked value of the column you choose.
Last Name Length
The number of characters in the last name to include in the email address.
Domain Name
A string value that represents an Internet Protocol (IP) resource such as gmail.com.