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Obfuscation

This page describes how to use obfuscation functions in Lenses SQL Processors.

ANONYMIZE

This page describes the ANONYMIZE function in Lenses SQL.

ANONYMIZE(strExpr)

Obfuscates the entire string input.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  ANONYMIZE(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name  
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "*******",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}

MASK

This page describes the MASK function in Lenses SQL.

MASK(strExpr)

Alias for ANONYMIZE.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  MASK(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name  
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "*******",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}

EMAIL

This page describes the EMAIL function in Lenses SQL.

EMAIL(emailExpr)

Anonymize the value and obfuscate an email address.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
 EMAIL(email) AS email_hidden,
 email 
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "email_hidden": "B*****@hotmail.com",
    "email": "Brenda.Pierce@hotmail.com"
  }

FIRST1

This page describe the FIRST1 function in Lenses SQL.

FIRST1(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the first character.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  FIRST1(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name  
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "M*****",
    "first_name": "Melissa"
  }
}

FIRST2

This page describes the FIRST2 function in Lenses SQL.

FIRST2(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the first two characters.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  FIRST2(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "Ch*****",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}

FIRST3

This page describes the FIRST3 function in Lenses SQL.

Anonymize the value and only keep the first three characters.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

Output:

FIRST4

This page describes the FIRST4 function in Lenses SQL.

FIRST4(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the first four characters.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
 FIRST4(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name 
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "Char*****",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}

LAST1

This page describes the LAST1 function in Lenses SQL.

LAST1(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the last character.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  LAST1(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "*****s",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}

LAST2

This page describes the LAST2 function in Lenses SQL.

LAST2(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the last two characters.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  LAST2(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name  
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "*****es",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}

LAST3

This page describes the LAST3 function in Lenses SQL.

LAST3(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the last three characters.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  LAST3(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "*****nda",
    "first_name": "Brenda"
  }
}

LAST4

This page describes the LAST4 function in Lenses SQL.

LAST4(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the last four characters.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  LAST4(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "*****enda",
    "first_name": "Brenda"
  }
}

INITIALS

This page describes the INITALS function in Lenses SQL.

INITIALS(strExpr)

Anonymize the value and only keep the initials of all the words in the input.

Available in:

Processors

SQL Studio

Sample code:

USE `kafka`;
SELECT 
  INITIALS(first_name) AS first_name_hidden,
  first_name
FROM users-events
LIMIT 1;

Output:

{
  "value": {
    "first_name_hidden": "C",
    "first_name": "Charles"
  }
}