Data Discovery scheduled discovery
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Summary of Data Discovery Scheduled Discovery
Data Discovery allows you to set up and schedule jobs that scan your instance for sensitive information. It provides insights into data patterns and helps manage sensitive data effectively through a structured framework of discovery jobs and findings.
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Key Features
- Discovery Jobs: A table that lists all discovery jobs, including job name, description, completion percentage, scan type (Sample or Full), start date, last updated date, and state (e.g., Ready to Schedule, Scheduled, In Progress).
- Discovery Findings: A table that documents findings from discovery jobs, detailing where sensitive data was discovered, the data pattern used, counts of matches, and the job associated with the findings.
- Granular Configuration: Enables the creation of granular discovery jobs focusing on specific data columns with customizable scan start points.
- Granular Findings: Lists findings from granular jobs, including record details, action status (e.g., Review, Ignore, Anonymize), and processing states.
Key Outcomes
By utilizing Data Discovery, ServiceNow customers can effectively locate and manage sensitive information across their instances. The structured approach to discovery jobs and findings ensures accurate tracking and resolution of data privacy concerns, thus enhancing data governance and compliance efforts.
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.
| 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:
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| 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:
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| 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.
| Label | Description |
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| 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.
| 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. Note: 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.
| Label | Description |
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| 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
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| Status | The status of the record
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