# Enable Configurable Field Masking for Blank Fields, Country, and Sex

Learn how to update your Vault's configuration to enable configurable field masking for blank fields, Reporter Country, Parent Sex, and Patient Sex.

## About the Feature

Field masking configuration for the following fields was added to Vault Safety in 21R3:

* Blank fields
* Reporter Country
* Parent Sex
* Patient Sex



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      <p><strong>Note</strong>:  Note that you must have enabled <a href="/en/gr/01391/">Masked Content Distributions</a> before you can enable this feature.</p>
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Once you enable this feature, <a href="/en/gr/01225/#exceptions">Generate Masked Safety Reports</a> describes how to use this feature in detail.

## Update the Reporting Family and Transmission Objects

Perform the following configurations to add the **Exceptions to Patient Content Protection** picklist field for the Reporting Family and Transmission Objects.

1. In the Admin area, go to **Configuration > Objects > Reporting Family**.
2. In the **Fields** tab, select **Create**.
3. Complete the page with the following information:
    1. **Step 1: Select the field type:** Select Picklist.
    2. **Step 2: Choose label and name for the field**:
        * **Label**: Exceptions to Patient Content Protection
        * **Name**: `exceptions_to_patient_content_protection__v`
    3. **Step 3: Set the Options**:
        * Make sure **Status** is set to _Active_.
        * Select **Allow user to select multiple values**.
    4. **Picklist values**: Add the following fields by entering them in the search bar and selecting the **Plus** icon:
        * _Blank Fields_
        * _Parent Sex_
        * _Patient Sex_
        * _Reporter Country_
    5. **Help Content**: Enter `To define exceptions for Patient Content Protection, select the types of data to leave unmasked.`
4. Save the page.
5. In the new _Exceptions to Patient Content Protection_ field you just created, select **Create Dependencies**.
6. Complete the page with the following information:
    1. Beside _Controlling Field_, select **Patient Content Protection**.
    2. Configure the checkboxes in the _Picklist Dependency Matrix_ as follows:
       * **Controlling Field Values**:
         *  _Blank Fields_: Selected
         *  _Parent Sex_: Selected
         *  _Patient Sex_: Selected
         *  _Reporter Country_: Not selected
       * **Mask E2B (Includes PII)**:
         *  _Blank Fields_: Selected
         *  _Parent Sex_: Selected
         *  _Patient Sex_: Selected
         *  _Reporter Country_: Selected
       * **Mask PII**:
         *  _Blank Fields_: Selected
         *  _Parent Sex_: Selected
         *  _Patient Sex_: Selected
         *  _Reporter Country_: Not selected
7. Save the page.
8. In **Configuration > Object > Transmission**, and repeat steps 2-7.