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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Data Discovery scheduled discovery

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.

  
NameName of the job
DescriptionThe job description
Percent CompleteThe percentage completion of the job
Scan TypeScan type of the job. Possible states are as follows:- Sample: Scans 10,000 entries. - Full: Scans all entries.
Start DateThe start date of the job
UpdatedWhen the job was last updated.
StateState 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.
RunHow 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.

LabelDescription
Dictionary EntryColumn of the target table where the data was in
TableTarget table where the data was found
Data PatternData pattern used to find the data
Data Pattern Match CountNumber of data entries that match the data pattern
Total Row Scan CountNumber of rows scanned during the job
Percentage of Matching RowsPercentage of rows in the target table that match the data pattern
Data Discovery JobJob used on the target table
StatusStatus 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.

LabelDescription
TableTable of the granular discovery job
Column labelColumn label of the granular discovery job
Scan Start PointSensitive 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.
ActiveThe 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.

LabelDescription
RecordDiscovered record
TableParent table of the record
Data PatternPattern 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

Note: Processed findings are store for 3 days in the Granular Findings table before deletion

  • Manual Review

When applying user chosen action has failed

Warning: Findings in Manual Review should be deleted by users after taking appropriate actions.