Setting Options for the Anonymize Node

Here you can choose which fields are to have their values disguised further downstream.

Note that the data fields must be instantiated upstream from the Anonymize node before anonymize operations can be performed. You can instantiate the data by clicking the Read Values button on a Type node or on the Types tab of a source node.

Field. Lists the fields in the current dataset. If any field names have already been anonymized, the anonymized names are shown here.

Measurement. The measurement level of the field.

Anonymize Values. Select one or more fields, click this column, and choose Yes to anonymize the field value using the default prefix anon_; choose Specify to display a dialog box in which you can either enter your own prefix or, in the case of field values of type Continuous, specify whether the transformation of field values is to use random or user-specified values. Note that Continuous and non-Continuous field types cannot be specified in the same operation; you must do this separately for each type of field.

View current fields. Select to view fields for datasets actively connected to the Anonymize node. This option is selected by default.

View unused field settings. Select to view fields for datasets that were once but are no longer connected to the node. This option is useful when copying nodes from one stream to another or when saving and reloading nodes.