Configuring profile sets

A profile set defines the set of classifiers or expressions that will be used to identify sensitive information in the rule set when a profiling job is run. Refer to Discovering Your Sensitive Data for an overview of profile sets and related concepts.

To display, view, and manage the profile sets, navigate to Settings > Profile Sets.

The Profile sets on the screen can be filtered or sorted by the various informational fields by clicking on the respective field. More information on grid filtering and sorting can be found here.

• Sortable fields are Name, Description and Created.

• Filterable fields are Name, Description, Owner and Created.

Creating Profile Sets

The content of a profiler set depends on the profiler implementation with which it is intended to be used. Profile sets for the legacy profile contain search expressions and type expressions, while profile sets for the ASDD profiler contain classifiers. 

Adding a Profiler set for the legacy profiler

1. Click the + Profile Set button from the top-right corner just above the Profile Set grid.

2. The Add Profiler Set dialog appears.

   

3. Enter a profiler Set Name. This name must be unique among all profile set names.

4. Optionally, enter a Description for this Profiler Set.

5. Leave the ASDD Support box unchecked.

6. Select the Search Expressions tab (it is selected by default).

7. Click the down arrow to the right of Select Search Expression to expand the tree. Click the box to the left of each search expression you wish to add to the profile set. It is not recommended that All Search Expressions be selected, as there is significant duplication among built-in search expressions.

   

8. Select the Type Expressions tab.

9. Click the down arrow to the right of Select Type Expression to expand the tree. Click the box to the left of each type of expression you wish to add to the profile set.

   

10. When you are finished adding expressions, click Save to save the new profile set.

    

Adding a Profiler set for the ASDD profiler

1. Click the + Profile Set button from the top-right corner just above the Profile Set grid.

2. The Add Profiler Set dialog appears.

3. Enter a profiler Set Name. This name must be unique among all profile set names.

4. Optionally, enter a Description for this Profiler Set.

5. Check the ASDD Support box.

   

6. Optionally, enter the Assignment Threshold for this Profiler Set. The value must be met or exceeded for the ASDD profiler to make a domain and algorithm assignment. The value must be an integer from 1 to 100. If not specified, the value defaults to the application setting for ASDD called DefaultAssignmentThreshold.

7. Select the Classifiers tab (it is selected by default).

8. Click the down arrow to the right of Select Classifiers to expand the tree. Click the box to the left of each classifier you wish to add to the profile set.

9. When finished with adding classifiers, click Save to save the new profile set.

   

Creating or modifying profile sets can also be done via the API and requires only two API calls. See ASDD Profile Set Import and Export for usage instructions.

Modifying Profile Set

Users can perform 4 types of action on this screen by clicking the (…) button to the right of the corresponding row under the Actions column.

View Profile Set

Everything in the dialog will be disabled when the View action is selected.

Edit Profile Set

The Edit Profile Set dialog will appear with existing details. Expand the tab corresponding to the type object you'd like to add or remove from the profile set and check or uncheck the box to the left of each object to add/remove them from the profile set as desired.

ASDD Support

It is not possible to change the value of the ASDD Support setting for an existing profile set. A new profile set must be created.

Duplicate Profile Set

On selecting a duplicate option, details will be pre-filled to the new profile set dialog, and the user can give a new name and duplicate the profile set.

Delete Profile Set

On clicking Delete Action, it will prompt for confirmation. Click on Confirm to delete the profile set. You will be blocked from deleting a profile set if it is currently assigned to any jobs.