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Social Security Number Data Type

This data type is applied to numeric data following the pattern for United States Social Security numbers.

Supported Patterns and Delimiters:

Delimiter

Example

dash

###-##-####

space

### ## ####

no space

#########

Data Validation

When values are validated against the Social Security Number data type, the Trifacta Application validates the values using regular expressions. This regular expression method checks for general Social Security Number patterns and is fast to evaluate.

However, some values may follow the regular expression validation pattern but are not accurate social security numbers. These values may be detected as valid values.