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Mats_E
Contributor III
Contributor III

Qlikview Scrambling credentials question

Hi

Can anyone confirm whether the option to Scramble credentials in Qlikview Desktop is regular "Scrambling, Obfsucation" or actual hash with salt?

 

Thx in advance.

 

 

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Chip_Matejowsky
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Hello @Mats_E,

From the QlikView Help entry Document Properties:  Scrambling:

Press this button to perform a random scrambling of the contents of selected field(s). Numbers are scrambled to numbers and text to text (spaces are kept). Once scrambled, the data cannot be recreated in its original form by Qlik or anyone else. If the script is re-executed, however, the scrambling will be lost.

So based on this description, I'd say that Scrambling is more than just obfuscation.

Best Regards

Principal Technical Support Engineer with Qlik Support
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Chip_Matejowsky
Support
Support

Hello @Mats_E,

From the QlikView Help entry Document Properties:  Scrambling:

Press this button to perform a random scrambling of the contents of selected field(s). Numbers are scrambled to numbers and text to text (spaces are kept). Once scrambled, the data cannot be recreated in its original form by Qlik or anyone else. If the script is re-executed, however, the scrambling will be lost.

So based on this description, I'd say that Scrambling is more than just obfuscation.

Best Regards

Principal Technical Support Engineer with Qlik Support
Help users find answers! Don't forget to mark a solution that worked for you!
Mats_E
Contributor III
Contributor III
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Hi Chip

 

Thx for the info!

 

Regards Mats