Remove attributes

Remove sensitive attributes from an event

Objective

Remove sensitive attributes from the source event to meet data processing compliance requirements.

Uses

There are various uses for this filter such as:

1. Financial Services Remove personally identifiable information (PII) from transaction data to comply with data privacy regulations.

2. Telecommunications Optimise event payloads by excluding non-essential data, reducing memory usage and network load.

3. In healthcare Filter out sensitive patient information before sharing data with third parties, ensuring compliance with health data protection laws.

Example & DSL attributes

This filter will remove the fields credit_card_number and address from the source event.

field filter:
  fields: 
    - credit_card_number
    - address

Attributes schema

Attribute	Description	Data Type	Required
fields	List of fields to remove from the event	List<String>