Workflow: build automation using n8n for Splitout Code Automation Triggered
Integrations: code, extractFromFile, googleDrive, googleDriveTrigger, merge, splitOut, stickyNote

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Return only the column names that contain PII, separated by commas. Key name: 'content'. 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