Create or Import an Environment

Environments define the scope of work for masking. In order to mask or provision databases and files, you first need to create an environment; this is where the masking engine will store the connection information as well as the masking and provisioning rules for those data stores. An environment can contain multiple database connections and multiple file connections.

Creating a New Environment

1. In the upper right-hand corner of the screen, click Add Environment.
   The screen prompts you for the following items:
   
   1. Application Name – The name of the application associated with this environment, for informational purposes. (An integrated test environment can have multiple applications.)
   2. Environment Name – The display name of the new environment.
   3. Purpose – The way the environment is used in the development process: Development, Gold Copy, QA, Training, and so on.
2. Either click Save to return to the Environments List/Summary screen, or click Save & View to display the Environment Overview screen. 

Importing an Environment

1. In the upper right-hand corner of the screen, click Import Environment.

   The screen prompts you for the following items:

   1. Application Name – The name of the application associated with this environment, for informational purposes. (An integrated test environment can have multiple applications.

   2. Environment Name – The name of the environment that you want to import.
   3. Purpose – The way the environment is used in the development process: Development, Gold Copy, QA, Training, and so on.
   4. Select… – Use to browse for the XML file that contains the information you want to import. (This file must be a previously exported Delphix Agile Data Masking environment.)
2. Either click Save to return to the Environments List/Summary screen, or click Save & View to display the Environment Overview screen.