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--- playground:playground [2021/09/17 22:10] – craigt
+++ playground:playground [2024/04/11 21:06] (current) – craigt
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-====== Decode(method, text) ======
+{{ transformations:AnonymizeHashAction.png}}
-Category:  Web function
+====== ANONYMIZE/HASH ======
+Category: Transform / Advanced\\
 \\
 =====Description=====
-This function decodes a text string using one of the available methods below.
+This action deterministically calculates hashes for values in one or multiple columns.
 \\
-=====Arguments=====
+=====Use Cases=====
-^Argument^Type^Description^
+Using this action, you can anonymize data without affecting its cardinality so it can be used for merging and aggregation.
-|method  | Text |The decoding method to use on //text//.  See the table below.  |
-|text  |Text |The text string to be decoded.  |
-**Return value type:** Text.
 \\
-^Method  ^Notes  ^
+===== Action settings =====
-|'uriComponentEscape' |Unescapes a URI, and then converts any plus characters ("+") into spaces. |
-|'Base64' |
-|'Base64url' | Base64 in URL encoding |
-\\
+^ Setting  ^ Description ^
-=====Examples=====
+|New column name|Enter a name for the new column containing the hashes.  |
-  decode("uriComponentEscape", "one%2Bone")  //Returns 'one+one'
+|Position| Select where the new column will be positioned in the dataset.  Options:  //Rightmost//, //Leftmost//, or\\ //After column// (and select an existing column).  |
+|Salt|Check this option and enter a salt value to be used within the creation of the hashes.  |
-\\
+|Anonymize also empty values|Check this option to generate hashes for empty values.|
-=====See also=====
+|Columns|Select the columns from the list to be anonymized.|
-  * [[syntax:functions:encode|Encode(method, text)]]
-  * [[syntax:functions:hexdecode|HexDecode(encoding, hex_text)]]
-  * [[syntax:functions:uridecode|URIDecode(encoding, value)]]