Data Discovery scheduled discovery

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  • Mis à jour 12 mars 2026
  • 2 minutes de lecture

    • Set up and schedule data discovery jobs to scan your instance for sensitive information.

    Discovery Jobs

    The Discovery Jobs table lists all discovery jobs. See Create discovery job to create a new discovery job.

    Tableau 1. Discovery jobs table
    Name Name of the job
    Description The job description
    Percent Complete The percentage completion of the job
    Scan Type Scan type of the job. Possible states are as follows:
    • Sample: Scans 10,000 entries.
    • Full: Scans all entries.
    Start Date The start date of the job
    Updated When the job was last updated.
    State State of the Data Discovery job. The possible states are as follows:
    • Ready to Schedule: Default state for new jobs.
    • Scheduled: The job is scheduled to run.
    • In Progress: Job is actively running.
    • Completed: Job has finished running successfully.
    • Error: The job has stopped running due to an error.
    • Canceled: The job has been canceled.
    • Paused: The job is paused.
    Run How often the job is scheduled to run.

    Discovery Findings

    The Discovery Findings table lists all the discovered findings from discovery jobs. See Review discovery findings to review and classify findings from discovery jobs.

    Tableau 2. Discovery Findings table
    Label Description
    Dictionary Entry Column of the target table where the data was in
    Table Target table where the data was found
    Data Pattern Data pattern used to find the data
    Data Pattern Match Count Number of data entries that match the data pattern
    Total Row Scan Count Number of rows scanned during the job
    Percentage of Matching Rows Percentage of rows in the target table that match the data pattern
    Data Discovery Job Job used on the target table
    Status Status of the entry

    Granular Configuration

    The Granular Configuration table lists all granular discovery jobs. See Create granular job to learn how to create a granular discovery job.

    Tableau 3. Granular Configuration table
    Label Description
    Table Table of the granular discovery job
    Column label Column label of the granular discovery job
    Scan Start Point Sensitive data will only be discovered for the day of and after the scan start point.
    Remarque :
    If the scan start point is left empty, all entries in the column are scanned.
    Active The state of the granular discovery job.

    Granular Findings

    The Granular Findings table lists all the granular findings from granular discovery jobs. See Review granular findings to review the findings from granular discovery jobs.

    Tableau 4. Granular Findings table
    Label Description
    Record Discovered record
    Table Parent table of the record
    Data Pattern Pattern used to discover the record
    Action Action to be taken on the record
    Review
    Record is pending review. This is assigned to new granular discoveries
    Ignore
    No action will be taken on the record
    Anonymize
    Record will be anonymized
    Status The status of the record
    New
    Status assigned to finding when it is first reported
    Processed
    When user chosen action has been successfully applied on the finding
    Remarque :
    Processed findings are store for 3 days in the Granular Findings table before deletion
    Manual Review
    When applying user chosen action has failed
    Avertissement :
    Findings in Manual Review should be deleted by users after taking appropriate actions.