Field masking is a method for hiding sensitive and personal data from users who are not authorized to see it. When an unauthorized user looks at a report or screen that contains sensitive fields, the values in those fields are either masked with two asterisks (**) for string fields or empty (for non-string fields). This allows such users the ability to access and administer Medallia Experience Cloud but not see the sensitive data.

Here is two example views of the same Responses report listing: one with data masking and the other without:

Similarly, here is two views of a Responses form: one with data masking and the other without:

See the feedback list below: string-field values listed on the Unique Record ID and Property identifier columns are masked with two asterisks (**), while Survey ID and Responsedate columns — listing the values of non-string fields — are blank.