Configuring User Anonymization

Open iT supports data anonymization, allowing users to anonymize information based on a specific source.

NOTE

This is applicable for the License Monitor Portal and Historical Reporting. However, this is not applicable to Open iT Standard Templates that use pure SQL queries.

User Anonymization in License Monitor Portal

These are the required steps to configure user anonymization:

1. Set which element of the reports you want to anonymize.

   Setting Report Element to Anonymize

2. Configure mapping sources. When the selected source for anonymization is one of the usergroup fields (Location, Department, Division, or Cost Center), map the chosen source using the Mapping Sources page.

   NOTE

   Skip this if you selected Hostname as a source for anonymization.

   Adding a Mapping Source
   Configuring a Mapping Source

3. Set what to display for the anonymized report element.

   Setting Display for Anonymized Report Elements

4. Apply the configuration. You can wait for the next scheduled processing, but if you want to apply the configuration immediately, reprocess the SQL data with /fullwipe and reprocess all the data.

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   Execute the instructions in the machine where you installed the Analysis Server.

   Processing Loaded SQL Data
   Processing Loaded Data

Results of Anonymization

The following user information is anonymized in the following manner:

Attribute	Description
UserId	This will be anonymized as "User" + auto increment number. (e.g., User1, User2)
Email	This will be anonymized as UserId + "@company.com". (e.g., User1@company.com, User2@company.com)
DisplayName	This will be anonymized as UserId.
UserName	This will be anonymized as UserId.

Results of Anonymization