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# Transformation

## Overview

A streaming event transform converts a source event in to transformed event and event properties. Transformation are performed in real-time using a continuous process.  

Support includes derived attributes, transformed properties, custom and transformed events. 

## Use cases

Here are some use cases of how it can be applied in stream processing:

1. <mark style="color:green;">**Customer data**</mark>\
   Mask Personal Identifiable Information.
2. <mark style="color:green;">**GDPR compliance**</mark>\
   Tokenise a data value in to component parts and randomise sensitive components.
3. <mark style="color:green;">**Secure communication**</mark>\
   Encrypt sensitive data for endpoint consumption.
4. <mark style="color:green;">**Feature engineering**</mark>\
   Basic bucketing for statistical processing.
5. <mark style="color:green;">**Domain transformers**</mark>\
   Convert from source and to target domain data structures.

## Available transformation options

Customise events in real-time using Joule out-of-the-box transformation processors.&#x20;

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