Secure Your Production Data during Import

REMAP_DATA

The REMAP_DATA parameter allows you to specify a remap function that takes as a source the original value of the designated column and returns a remapped value that will replace the original value in the dump file. A common use for this option is to mask data when moving from a production system to a test system. For example, a column of sensitive customer data such as credit card numbers could be replaced with numbers generated by a REMAP_DATA function. This would allow the data to retain its essential formatting and processing characteristics without exposing private data to unauthorized personnel.

The same function can be applied to multiple columns being dumped. This is useful when you want to guarantee consistency in remapping both the child and parent column in a referential constraint.

REMAP_DATA=[schema.]tablename.column_name:[schema.]pkg.function

schema -- the schema containing the table to be remapped. By default, this is the schema of the user doing the export.

tablename -- the table whose column will be remapped.

column_name -- the column whose data is to be remapped. The maximum number of columns that can be remapped for a single table is 10.

schema -- the schema containing the PL/SQL package you have created that contains the remapping function. As a default, this is the schema of the user doing the export.

pkg -- the name of the PL/SQL package you have created that contains the remapping function.

function -- the name of the function within the PL/SQL that will be called to remap the column table in each row of the specified table.

The following example assumes a package named remap has been created that contains functions named minus10 and plusx which change the values for employee_id and first_name in the employees table.

> expdp hr DIRECTORY=dpump_dir1 DUMPFILE=remap1.dmp TABLES=employees REMAP_DATA=hr.employees.employee_id:hr.remap.minus10

REMAP_DATA=hr.employees.first_name:hr.remap.plusx

REUSE_DUMPFILES Specifies whether to overwrite a preexisting dump file. Normally, Data Pump Export will return an error if you specify a dump file name that already exists. The REUSE_DUMPFILES parameter allows you to override that behavior and reuse a dump file name.