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title: "Blackout Redactions – Production Settings"
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status: "update"
updated: 2026-04-22T11:19:50Z
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canonical: "docs.revealdata.com/blackout-redactions-production-settings"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.revealdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Blackout Redactions – Production Settings

## How to Use This Document

The settings provided below are the **minimum settings needed** to export redacted Blackout natives and text files. For mixed productions (redacted Blackout + other file types), you may fill out any of the additional settings available in the Add Production Job and Production Export Setup modals, according to the needs/requirements of your production job.

If you have any further questions, we encourage you to reach out to your CSM to schedule a dedicated session with customer enablement.

> [!WARNING]
> Important
> 
> With the introduction of Blackout and the phasing-out of Exolution, here's what to expect during production and export jobs for your spreadsheet documents.
> 
> - If your document has Exolution redactions but no Blackout redactions, it will produce Exolution redactions.
> - If your document has Blackout redactions but no Exolution redactions, it will produce Blackout redactions.
> - If your document has redactions from both Blackout and Exolution:
>   - Regardless of settings, redacted text files will be produced from Blackout.
>   - Native files will respect settings (e.g. if you set Exolution over Blackout in the "Native Files" hierarchy shown in the [Add Document Natives](/reveal/docs/blackout-redactions-production-settings#add-document-natives) section).
> 
> We strongly advise against redacting documents in Blackout that already have burned-in redactions in Exolution. See [Blackout: Redacting in Spreadsheet Viewer](/reveal/docs/redacting-in-spreadsheet-viewer) for more information.

## Blackout Redactions – Overview

To produce burned-in spreadsheets redacted using Blackout, certain fields in the *Add Production Job* and *Production Export Setup* modals need to be populated with specific settings, detailed below.

For instructions on filling out fields outside the ones listed in this article, please see [Create a Production Job](/reveal/docs/create-a-production-job) and [Create a Production Export Job](/reveal/docs/run-production-job-export), which cover the respective *Add Production Job* and *Production Export Setup*modals in their entirety.

## Add Production Job Modal

In their respective tabs, the following settings should be applied when following the *Add Production Job*modal instructions in the *Create a Production Job* article.

### Documents Tab

1. **Select Work Folders to Produce:** Select your work folder that contains the Blackout spreadsheet files.

### Imaging Tab

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/add-prodcution-job-spreadsheet-native-view.png)

1. **Source:** Choose **Spreadsheet & Native Views**.

> [!WARNING]
> Important
> 
> *Spreadsheet & Native Views* is the only source that produces Blackout redactions.
> 
> 
> 
> You cannot produce Blackout redactions through the Image View (Legacy) , No Images (*Natives File Only)*, or *Native View*sources.
2. **PDF Set:** Choose **Native View**.
3. **Spreadsheet Set:**Choose **Native View**.
4. **Redaction****Profiles:** Select the redaction profiles that apply to your redacted spreadsheet documents and your Native View (PDF) redactions.

### Slipsheet Tab

To produce the Excel natively with a slipsheet, you must create a Slipsheet condition that isolates all of your Blackout spreadsheets. Our example below is for spreadsheet file types.

![Dropdown menu showing options for selecting spreadsheet file types in a condition setting.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/BlackoutProductions-Slipsheet_2025.8.png)

1. *Name*: Name your condition **Spreadsheet File Types**.
2. *Condition*: Select **File Type**from the dropdown.

![List of spreadsheet file types with checkboxes for selection in a dialog box.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/BlackoutProductions-Slipsheet-FileTypesDropdown_2025.8.png)

1. *File Extensions*: Select all the available **spreadsheet file types**.

Your final slipsheet should contain the below two conditions, with the spreadsheet-isolating slipsheet at the top. “Failed to Generate” is a required condition for any slipsheet, and always appears last in the conditions order.

![Document conditions explaining privilege and generation failures for spreadsheet file types.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/Blackout-SpreadsheetFileTypesSlipshetExample_2025.8.png)

Complete the remaining instructions described in the [*Create a Production Job*](/reveal/docs/create-a-production-job) article.

## Production Export Setup Modal

The following settings should be applied when following the *Production Export Setup* modal instructions in the *Create a Production Export Job*article, specifically in the *Files* tab.

### Produce Native Spreadsheet Files

To produce a redacted Blackout native version of the document, follow the instructions for both *Native File Rules* and *Add Document Natives*.

#### Native File Rules

![Settings for exporting native files with options for privileged and redacted files.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/delete.png)

1. *Native File Rules*:**Choose **Custom**.
  1. Click the **ellipses [ … ]** to open up the *Native File Rules*modal.
  2. *Slip-Sheeted*: Choose **Export**, and then check your spreadsheet-isolating slipsheet(s).

> [!NOTE]
> Note
> 
> The *Redacted* setting is for redacted images, and does not need to be set to “Export” to produce redacted Blackout files.

#### Add Document Natives

The native files setting must include the *Native Spreadsheet View Path*, and it should be at the top of the sequential order. This setup will produce all the Blackout versions first, if present, and if not, then the following native file.

1. *Native Files*: Click the **ellipses [ … ]** to open up the Native Files modal.
  1. Click **+Add**in the upper left corner. The *Add Document Natives* popup will appear.

![Options to add document natives with selected native spreadsheet view path highlighted.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/Blakout-AddDocumentNative_2025.9(1).png)
  2. From your document native list, check **Native Spreadsheet View Path**.
  3. Click **ADD**.
  4. Use the **sliders [ ⋮⋮ ]**to rearrange the order of the document natives so *Native Spreadsheet View Path* is at the **top**.
  5. Click **SAVE**.

![Dialog box displaying options for managing native files and their paths.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/Blackout-NativeFiles_2025.9.png)

### Produce Spreadsheet Text Files

To produce the redacted Blackout text version of the document, follow the instructions in *Add Document Text Set*.

#### Add Document Text Set

1. *Text/OCR Files To Include*: Choose **All** to make the *Document Text Set Order*dropdown appear.
2. *Document Text Set Order*: Click the **ellipses [ … ]** to open up the *Document Text Set Order* modal.
  1. Click **+Add**in the upper left corner. The *Add Document Text Sets* popup will appear.
  2. From your document text set list, check **Spreadsheet View**.![Options to add document text sets including various views and formats for selection.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/BlackoutProductionsWorkflow-AddDocumentTextSets_2025.9.png)
  3. Click **ADD**.
  4. Use the **sliders [ ⋮⋮ ]**to rearrange the order of the document natives so *Spreadsheet View* is at the **top**.
  5. Click **SAVE**.

![Document text set order interface showing options to add or delete items.](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/BlackoutProductionsWorkflow-DocumentTextSetOrder_2025.9.png)

Complete the remaining instructions described in the [*Create a Production Export Job*](/reveal/docs/run-production-job-export) article.