Dataset attributes

You can create and use dataset attributes to group and segregate datasets based on criteria that is important to your organization. An attribute consists of an attribute name and one or more values. Once attributes are created and associated with datasets, you can use the Sensitive Data dashboard to view the quantity of data associated with your attributes relative to your weighted labels.

For example, you may have several SharePoint datasets that host blank new hire forms , a SharePoint dataset that hosts employee benefit videos, and a file share dataset that hosts completed new hire forms. You can create an attribute for "Human Resources" that includes "new hires" and "benefits" values. You assign the "Human Resources" "new hires" value to the SharePoint dataset for the blank new hire forms and to the file system dataset for the completed new hire forms. You then assign the "Human Resources" "benefits" value to the SharePoint dataset for the employee benefits videos. On the Sensitive Data dashboard, select to view the Human Resources attribute chart instead of the agent clusters chart and see the number of items identified by the selected weighted labels for each attribute value.

Dataset attributes and values can be created and then assigned to datasets, or created and assigned to a dataset when you initially create or edit a dataset (see Sources and datasets). You must have at least one value associated with an attribute name to associate the attribute with a dataset and to view the attribute on the Sensitive Data dashboard.

Attributes and values that have been associated with a dataset cannot be deleted. You must remove the association to the dataset (edit the dataset) before you can delete the attribute or value. If associations exist, you are notified when you attempt to delete the attribute or individual value.