Edit a Metadata-detected Data Class

Steps

1.  Manage data classes.

2.  If the data class does not yet exist, add the data class.

3.  You may edit all the properties in common for a data class.

You may not edit the Type after it has been set. You must create a new data class instead.

4.  Set the QUERY to specify an Metadata Query Language (MQL) query that must be met before a data object that is being classified is associated with this data class.

You may enter the query by hand, copy it from a worksheet MQL or use the EDIT button to query by example through a worksheet-like dialog.

5.  Click SAVE.

Example

Sign in as Administrator and go to MANAGE > Data Classes.

 

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Click the Add plus sign. Click Metadata as the Type of data class and enter

“Product Number Query” as the NAME

“Product” in the GROUPS

“General metadata-detected data class for product numbers” as the DESCRIPTION

 

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Click EDIT to build a query and enter “Product Number” in the  Search text box.

 

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There are a number of false positives because the assumed condition is “Product” OR “Number” and “Number” has a huge amount of hits.

 

Let’s force an AND condition.

 

Remove “Number” from the  Search text box and press Enter. Then click ADVANCED.

 

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Simply copy the MQL text, type “ AND “, and then paste the MQL text (again) after that.

Replace the second ‘Product’ with ‘Number’, click EXECUTE, and you should have:

text = 'Product' WITHIN ('Name', 'Physical Name') AND text = 'Number' WITHIN ('Name', 'Physical Name')

 

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Click OK. Then SAVE.

 

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You do not need to invoke metadata-detected data classification. Instead, the application proposes new matching metadata-detected data classes that were not rejected before either upon harvesting of a model or upon update of a metadata-detected data class.

You may invoke it manually when you wish to confirm that it has been performed.