New-DbaDbMaskingConfig

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Synopsis

Generates a new data masking configuration file to be used with Invoke-DbaDbDataMasking

Description

Generates a new data masking configuration file. This file is important to apply any data masking to the data in a database.

Note that the following column and data types are not currently supported:
Identity
ForeignKey
Computed
Hierarchyid
Geography
Geometry
Xml

Read more here:
https://sachabarbs.wordpress.com/2018/06/11/bogus-simple-fake-data-tool/
https://github.com/bchavez/Bogus

Syntax

New-DbaDbMaskingConfig
    [[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Database] <String[]>]
    [[-Table] <String[]>]
    [[-Column] <String[]>]
    [-Path] <String>
    [[-Locale] <String>]
    [[-CharacterString] <String>]
    [[-SampleCount] <Int32>]
    [[-KnownNameFilePath] <String>]
    [[-PatternFilePath] <String>]
    [-ExcludeDefaultKnownName]
    [-ExcludeDefaultPattern]
    [-Force]
    [[-InputObject] <Object[]>]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> New-DbaDbMaskingConfig -SqlInstance SQLDB1 -Database DB1 -Path C:\Temp\clone

Process all tables and columns for database DB1 on instance SQLDB1

Example: 2

PS C:\> New-DbaDbMaskingConfig -SqlInstance SQLDB1 -Database DB1 -Table Customer -Path C:\Temp\clone

Process only table Customer with all the columns

Example: 3

PS C:\> New-DbaDbMaskingConfig -SqlInstance SQLDB1 -Database DB1 -Table Customer -Column City -Path C:\Temp\clone

Process only table Customer and only the column named "City"

Required Parameters

-Path

Path where to save the generated JSON files.
Th naming convention will be "servername.databasename.tables.json"

Optional Parameters

-SqlInstance

The target SQL Server instance or instances.

-SqlCredential

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.

-Database

Databases to process through

-Table

Tables to process. By default all the tables will be processed

-Column

Columns to process. By default all the columns will be processed

-Locale

Set the local to enable certain settings in the masking

-CharacterString

The characters to use in string data. 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789' by default

-SampleCount

Amount of rows to sample to make an assessment. The default is 100

-KnownNameFilePath

Points to a file containing the custom known names

-PatternFilePath

Points to a file containing the custom patterns

-ExcludeDefaultKnownName

Excludes the default known names

-ExcludeDefaultPattern

Excludes the default patterns

-Force

Forcefully execute commands when needed

-InputObject

Used for piping the values from Invoke-DbaDbPiiScan

-EnableException

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the command were to run. No actions are actually performed.

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before executing any changing operations within the command.