Example - Creating a Token Data Element

Note: You create token data elements for all protectors, except for the FileProtector.

To create a structured data element:

1. On the ESA Web UI, navigate to Policy Management > Data Elements & Masks > Data Elements.

2. Click Add New Data Element.

   The New Data Element screen appears.

3. Select Structured from Type.

4. Type a unique name for the data element in the Name textbox.

Note: Ensure that the length of the data element name does not exceed 55 characters.

5. Type the description for the data element in the Description textbox.

6. Select the protection method from the Method drop-down. In this example, select Tokenization.

7. Select the tokenization data type from the Data Type drop down. In this example, select Numeric (0-9).

   For more information about the different data types, refer to the section Protection Methods Reference.

8. Select the tokenizer from the Tokenizer drop-down.

   For more information about the different token elements, refer to the section Protection Methods Reference.

9. If the Tokenizer should leave characters in clear, then set the number of characters from left and from right in the From Left and From Right text boxes.

   For more information on the maximum and minimum input values for these fields, refer to the section Minimum and Maximum Input Length in the section Protection Methods Reference.

10. If the token length needs to be equal to the provided input, then select the Preserve length check box.

11. If you select the Preserve length option, then you can also choose the behavior for short data tokenization in the Allow Short Data drop-down.

12. Click Save.

A message Data Element has been saved successfully appears.