Ignore Masking Function throws 'java.lang.NllPointerException' when processing the xref table

Products

• CA Test Data Manager (Data Finder / Grid Tools)

Issue/Introduction

Use Case

We need to obfuscate files (txt or csv) with dates as PI fields. We have already populated a xref table containing pre and post obfuscated date values, that's why we need to use ignore algorithm with cross-reference table.

Problem

Tool dies unexpectedly when running obfuscation. It is reading the first date record from CSV file, but the process dies before or while fetching the cross-reference value from cross-reference table.

Cross-Reference table:

Unobfuscated CSV file with dates:

Masking CSV and Options file:

 

FDM Error:

 

 

Environment

Release : FastDataMasker 4.10.95.0

Resolution

This is resolved in FastDataMasker-4.10.521.0 or greater. The fix can be downloaded from the TDM Patches page.