Data Disguise Menu

Selecting Option 7, Data Disguise, from the File-AID for Db2 Primary Option Menu displays as shown the following figure.

Start with defining the disguise criteria for the objects containing sensitive data that you intend to extract.

You can also disguise existing extracts using the disguise information stored in the Disguise Control File (DCF).

Important

For your initial disguise access, you must specify the File-AID/Data Solutions parameters with Option 3, Parms, before selecting the other 2 options.

Data Disguise Menu

The top of this screen consists of the following field:

Disguise Control File

Specify the name of the file that contains a list of objects that have related, associated, or unrelated disguise criteria defined. File-AID for Db2 then uses the information from the control file to apply the disguise criteria when disguising an extract.

If the file does not exist, use Option 4, Allocate Disguise Control File to allocate a new file.

Data Disguise Options

Enter the option number (1, 2, or 3) to select the desired option.

1 - Criteria

Select this option when you want to define or modify disguise criteria for objects to be extracted and disguised. Creating a list of objects is always the first step in creating or modifying disguise criteria. Use of the object list as the starting point for criteria creation is based on thinking that criteria will be created for a specific set of objects and having the ability to view these objects together would be helpful. An object list may contain both Db2 and MVS objects. The NEW-Db2-Object-Filter, or NEW-MVS-Object-Filter displays next.

Important

Before selecting this option make sure that you have set the correct File-AID/Data Solutions parameters with Option 3, Parms, and that the Disguise Control and Disguise Criteria files already exist. To allocate new Disguise Control File use Option 4. To allocate new Disguise Criteria File, use Option 5.

2 - Disguise

Select this option to disguise an existing extract file and apply the disguise criteria rules as defined in the Disguise Control File. File-AID for Db2 displays the Disguise Existing Extract File panel (see Disguise-Existing-Extract-File).

It is possible to use a Disguise Control File with different Relationship Files as long as the set of related objects being disguised has not changed. If there have been changes to the set of related objects, the disguise rules will not be applied to any added relationships. No error checking will be done at disguise execution time.

3 - Parms

Select this option to specify File-AID/Data Solutions parameters that File-AID for Db2 uses to properly connect to File-AID/Data Solutions, including:

- The Disguise Criteria File where File-AID/Data Solutions will store the actual disguise criteria (necessary).
- The Business Rules data set File-AID/Data Solutions uses when operating on date fields; it can also be used by field exits (optional, only needed when applying business rules).

Utilities for Data Disguise

4 - Control

Displays the Allocate Disguise Control File screen (here) where you can allocate a new Disguise Control File (DCF). The File-AID for Db2 Disguise Control File is required for the data disguise function. It is the repository that links disguise criteria with objects.

5 - Criteria

Displays the Allocate Disguise Criteria File screen (here) where you can allocate a new Disguise Criteria File. This file is the repository for detailed disguise criteria.

6- Validate

The Validate/Update Disguise Control File utility is no longer supported.

7 - Print Control

Displays the Print Disguise Control File screen (here) which you can use to print the contents of the disguise control file.

8 - Print Audit

Displays the Print Disguise Audit Trail (here) screen which you can use to print the disguise audit trail information.