Regular expressions for data redaction
In Task Mining, you can create custom data redaction rules to define what type of collected data should be redacted. You can manage your redaction rules using regular expressions in the Task Mining client.
You can create regular expression patterns with the help of free online tools, allowing you to turn standard text into regex. This regex is not case sensitive, meaning that you can use both upper and lowercase text can be matched to your pattern.
Description | Regular Expression | Example - Attribute without masking | Example - Attribute with masking applied |
|---|---|---|---|
Replace all windows usernames with ‘***’ | {{username}} | Saplogon - TR21 - Profile a.doe | Saplogon - TR21 - Profile *** |
Replace all machine names with ‘***’ | {{machinename}} | System Settings - LP12392 | System Settings - *** |
Replace all emails with ‘***’ | [a-zA-Z0-9_.+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9-.]+ | Outlook - Draft Mail - t.cookofficial@apple.com | Outlook - Draft Mail - *** |
Replace all social security numbers with ‘***’ | \d{3}-\d{2}-\d{4} | Adobe Acrobat - Verification 1231-21-2929.pdf | Adobe Acrobat - Verification ***.pdf |
Replace non-domain part in URL | (?<=((https|http):\/\/)?(www\.)?[a-zA-Z0-9@%()\-+~]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9@%()\-+~]+)?\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\/)[\S]+ | https://www.google.com/search?q=testquery | https://www.google.com/*** |
Using variables in regular expression patterns
You can also use variables provided by the Task Mining client in the regular expression patterns. This simplifies finding regular expressions, such as the Windows username on each client, instead of specifying and maintaining a list of all possible Windows usernames in the configuration centrally.
Supported variables are:
Description | Name | Example |
|---|---|---|
Windows username | {{username}} | m.doe |
Machine name | {{machinename}} | LP1924 |
Note
The machine name and Windows username are the current user's Windows machine name and Windows username.