Redact personal data from any item with data tables, audit log and Discord

by Melbin Francis ✓ · 3 views · created 2026-09-11 · Document Extraction

What this workflow does

This workflow has 17 nodes and runs manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Discord.

How it runs

Trigger: Manually, when you click “Execute workflow” (plus 1 other trigger).

1. Create Policy Table (Data table): create (table)
2. Read The Policy (Data table): get
3. Create Redaction Log Table (Data table): create (table)
4. Attach The Policy To The Item (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Set The Default Policy (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 8 fields: mode, pseudonym_key, detect_email…
6. Redact The Item (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
7. Build The Default Policy (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. Is This The Self Test? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
9. Load The Policy (Data table): create or update
10. Check The Self Test (Code): runs custom JavaScript code

…plus 5 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Discord

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Nodes used (7)

• Manual Triggern8n-nodes-base.manualTrigger
• Data tablen8n-nodes-base.dataTable
• Edit Fields (Set)n8n-nodes-base.set
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Execute Workflow Triggern8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• Discordn8n-nodes-base.discord

From the author

Quick overview This sub-workflow redacts common personal data from any incoming item using a policy stored in n8n Data Tables, returns a redacted payload plus a detection report to the calling workflow, and writes an audit entry to a redactionlog table (with…

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