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title: Creating a Masking Policy
slug: reference-guide-3-0-0/creating-a-masking-policy
description: Learn how to set up a Masking Policy for your database using SQL Proxies. This step-by-step guide walks you through navigating to the SQL Proxy Policy section, entering the necessary details like masking name, database name, schema, table, column, and sel
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createdAt: 2022-08-01T16:43:10.000Z
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A Masking Policy must be defined for the database in order to activate masking feature when using SQL Proxies.

1. Navigate to **Policy Control **> **SQL Proxy Policy**.
2. Open the** Masking Policy** tab.
3. Enter the masking name, description, database name, schema, table, column or column type, and masking method (defined in the Masking Method Tab).
4. Click **Save**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/T0SWIhm3xDezqxgrRT0GP_image.png "Masking Policy")