Updated on 2022-12-29 GMT+08:00

Executing a Database Data Masking Task

After a database data masking task is created, the sensitive information in tables or columns of a specified database can be masked.

This section describes how to execute a database data masking task.

Prerequisites

A data masking task has been created.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
  3. In the navigation pane on the left, click and choose Security > Data Security Center.
  4. In the navigation pane, choose Data Masking.
  5. On the Database Data Masking tab page, locate the row that contains the task to be executed and click Execute in the Operation column.

    Figure 1 Executing a database data masking task

    The data masking task is executed as configured.

  6. Click in front of a data masking task to view the task status.

    The task statuses are described as follows:
    • Completed: The data masking task has been successfully executed.
    • Running: The data masking task is being executed.
    • Pending execution: The data masking task is not executed.
    • Stopped: The data masking task has been manually stopped.
    • Failed: The data masking task fails to be executed.
    Figure 2 Data masking task statuses