De-identification of Fields

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De-identification of Fields

smarriott 93175

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March 12, 2015 at 9:56 am

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I swear there was a topic on this in the last few months, but I can't seem to find it searching the archives.
Does anyone have any good tips for automating de-identification of specific fields after a certain rolling date?
I have a survey that I need to keep certain data, but remove any personal identifiable data based on a rolling 3 year window.
Many thanks in advance.

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g.britton SSChampion Points: 13863 More actions · Answer 1

What does this mean: "de-identification of specific fields"

perhaps if you post some sample data and required results, we can help.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004646 More actions · Answer 2

g.britton (3/12/2015)
What does this mean: "de-identification of specific fields"
perhaps if you post some sample data and required results, we can help.

Obfuscation of personally identifiable information, I believe...

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Lowell SSC Guru Points: 323547 More actions · Answer 3

i don't know how others do it, but i have a few tables i use for replacements;a table with random values and numbers, another with ANSI colors, another with animal names, and some movie star names, etc

i use them as the seeds for joining or cross joining to randomize data.

Lowell

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