Configure a Data Discovery pattern and review current patterns. A Data Discovery pattern defines the regular expression used to match data against a target table.

Before you begin

Role required: data_discovery_admin

Procedure

  1. Navigate to System Security > Data Discovery > All Data Patterns.
  2. In the Data Discovery Pattern list, select New.
  3. In the Data Discovery job fields form, fill in the fields.
    Table 1. Data Discovery job fields
    FieldDescription
    Internal Scope Scope of the pattern.
    Description Description of the job.
    Name Name of the data pattern.
    Application Application scope of pattern.
    Expression Regular expression used to discover the data pattern.
    Keyword(Optional) A specific word(or words separated by comma) to be searched for around a expression. Must be used with Keyword Proximity
    Note: A keyword can be used to search for additional context for a pattern. For example, using keyword can help differentiate between a date of birth or a date of hire given they have the same MM/DD/YY formatting.
    Keyword Proximity(Optional) How far from the expression to search for keywords. Must be used with Keyword
    Note: Default is 30, upper bound of 64
  4. Select Submit.
    • The Test button enables you to test your regular expression before submitting the data pattern list.
The data pattern must be set as active to be used with scheduled jobs.
  1. Navigate to System Security > Data Discovery > Active Data Patterns.
  2. In the Data Discovery Active Pattern list, select Edit.
  3. Select the pattern list from Available Lists and move it to Selected Lists.