# I want to Redact Names in my feedback column how can i achieve this in DBT Macro?

**URL:** <https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/i-want-to-redact-names-in-my-feedback-column-how-can-i-achieve-this-in-dbt-macro/20882>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** macros, dbt-core\
**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/i-want-to-redact-names-in-my-feedback-column-how-can-i-achieve-this-in-dbt-macro/20882 "2026-07-23T10:52:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![SAIKARTHIK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@SAIKARTHIK](https://discourse.getdbt.com/u/SAIKARTHIK)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 10:52am UTC](https://discourse.getdbt.com/t/i-want-to-redact-names-in-my-feedback-column-how-can-i-achieve-this-in-dbt-macro/20882/1 "2026-07-23T10:52:18Z")

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## The problem I’m having:

I want to Redact Names in my feedback column how can i achieve this in dbt Macro?

## The context of why I’m trying to do this:

to redact the PII data like user names

## What I’ve already tried:

tried dbt macro but was not successfully please, help me to redact the names in my column and its a free text column so i just want to redact names.

Note:my project does not allow any use of AI functions