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Monitor Masking Performance

Execution and Execution Logs keep track of DataMasker’s performance at a high level (‘Execution’) and a detailed level (‘Execution Log’).

To check the execution, click on the “Executions” tab, and the user can see the list of executions.

Salesforce interface showing 'Executions' tab with a completed execution, 'Execution-0016', displaying the total records processed without errors.

Open the most recently completed Execution.

Dashboard view of Salesforce Data Masking showing 'Execution-0016' marked as completed with over 11 million records processed successfully.

After clicking on the Execution tab, it will display the Execution Details page.

The master object shows a summary of all Execution Logs of the executed Data Masking Configurations.

Detailed results page for 'Execution-0006' in a Salesforce UAT Sandbox, showing all 30 records successfully masked with no errors.

Execution Log​

After opening the execution, the user will see the multiple execution logs that are created, which contain the information on masking.

Execution logs for a specific execution is shown below in the screenshot.

Screen showing 'Execution-0006' in Salesforce with a complete log for three masked Contact records, indicating a successful data masking operation.

Users will find all performance-related information and Execution Log status here.

Note – In case of retry execution, the user will not see the separate Execution record, DataMasker will update the current Execution after the completion of Retry Execution.

Stop Masking​

  1. Go back to the execution.
  2. The Stop Masking button will be shown on the Execution Mobile Lightning Actions, as shown in the screenshot below.

Stop Masking button

As shown in the above screenshot user can click on the “Stop Masking” button to kill the masking process to solve the issues and again user can initiate the masking process.

Pop-up alert in Salesforce DataMasker asking for confirmation to stop the current data masking process with 'Stop Masking' and 'Cancel' button options

Salesforce notification banners showing a successful abort process initiation and an in-progress execution step for validation and automation deactivation.

Likewise, Stop Masking is an essential functionality that enables the user to save time and quickly restart the masking process without doing any manual intervention to reactivate the things or automation.