Data Discovery sources

Create, and select the data patterns to be used in Data Discovery, and what tables to scan.

The Sources tab of Data Discovery helps you review your all your data patterns, set which pattern to use for scans, and select the tables to scan.

All Patterns

The All Patterns table lists all current patterns. Note that inactive patterns will show up in this list.See Create new data pattern to create a new data pattern.

Note:

Patterns musts be active to be used in discovery jobs.

Table 1. All Patterns table

Label	Description
Name	Name of the data pattern.
Expression	Regular expression used to discover the data pattern.
Keyword	A specific word(or words separated by comma) to be searched for around a expression.
Keyword Proximity	How far from the expression to search for keywords.
Privacy Technique Configuration	Privacy technique used for the pattern

Active Patterns

The Active Patterns table lists all of the current active data patterns. See Select active data patterns to learn how set a pattern to active and used by discovery jobs.

Table 2. Active Patterns table

Label	Description
Name	Name of the data pattern.
Expression	Regular expression used to discover the data pattern.
Keyword	A specific word(or words separated by comma) to be searched for around a expression.
Keyword Proximity	How far from the expression to search for keywords.
Privacy Technique Configuration	Privacy technique used for the pattern

Target Tables

The Target Tables table lists all tables currently selected for discovery jobs. See Select target tables to select tables for use in discovery jobs.

Table 3. Target Tables table

Label	Description
Table Name	The name of the table
Display name	The display name of the table (Used in reporting)
Application	The application scope of the table.