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--- playground:playground [2023/02/01 18:39] – craigt
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-{{ transformations:retrievecatalogitemaction.png}}
+{{ transformations:AnonymizeHashAction.png}}
-====== RETRIEVE CATALOG ITEM ======
+====== ANONYMIZE/HASH ======
-Category: Workflow / App/Cloud\\
+Category: Transform / Advanced\\
 \\
 =====Description=====
-This action retrieves a static or computed item from the Data Catalog.
+This action deterministically calculates hashes for values in one or multiple columns.
-\\
-=====Use cases=====
-Use the various modes of this action to extract information about Catalog items, and manipulate the structure of the Data Catalog.
-Use field items to store and retrieve metadata items about the resource or resource's data.
 \\
-=====Action settings=====
+=====Use Cases=====
-^ Setting  ^ Description  ^
+Using this action, you can anonymize data without affecting its cardinality so it can be used for merging and aggregation.
-|Retrieve|Select the type of Catalog resource to retrieve.  Options: //Dataset// (an EasyMorph .dset file), //File// (any non-.dset file), or //URL//.|
-|Catalog item<sup>*</sup>|Enter or browse to the Catalog resource to retrieve.|
-<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]] or the first value of a column.\\
-====Results settings====
-Note:  These options are only available for the //Dataset// and //File// Catalog item types.
-^Setting  ^Description  ^
-|Return file path as action's output|Returns a single-row, 4-column dataset containing information about the selected Catalog resource:  the resource's relative path, the connector type used, the connector name used, and the resource's item type.|
-|Save as<sup>*</sup>|Downloads and saves the resource.  Enter or browse to a folder on the local system and enter a filename.|
-====Parameters settings=====
-//Dataset// Catalog items (EasyMorph native .dset files) can contain parameters that may be set here by selecting the //Parameter// in the list and selecting the field in //This project// to use for the value.
 \\
-=====Remarks=====
+===== Action settings =====
-**Delete directory** - Use this mode //with caution// as any items stored within the selected directory will be deleted as well.  Structure your workflow to detect and/or move any items you wish to keep before running this mode.
-You can **set and remove field items and settings //manually//** using the //Data catalog// section from the //Start// tab.  Click the down arrow at the top-right corner of the resource and select "Edit...".  In the "Edit catalog item" window that appears, select the //Fields// tab.
+^ Setting  ^ Description ^
+|New column name|Enter a name for the new column containing the hashes.  |
+|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.  |
-=====See also=====
+|Anonymize also empty values|Check this option to generate hashes for empty values.|
+|Columns|Select the columns from the list to be anonymized.|
-  * [[transformations:retrievecatalogitem|Retrieve Catalog item]]