string The type of pattern: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.
Yes
config
object The configuration of the pattern, which includes config.values, config.caseSensitive, config.regex, config.columnNameRegex, and config.tags.
Yes
config.tags
array[string] The default resulting tags to apply when the pattern is matched; they must begin with Discovered . .
No
config.regex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column values. The pattern must have regex, columnNameRegex, or values to match to data.
No
config.columnNameRegex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column names. The pattern must have regex, columnNameRegex, or values to match to data.
No
config.values
array[string] The list of words included in the dictionary to match against column values. The pattern must have regex, columnNameRegex, or values to match to data.
No
config.caseSensitive
boolean Indicates whether or not values are case sensitive. Defaults to false.
No
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
createdBy
array Includes details about the user who created the pattern, such as their profile id, name, and email.
name
string Unique, request-friendly pattern name.
displayName
string Unique, human-readable pattern name.
description
string The pattern description.
type
string The type of pattern: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.
config
object The configuration of the pattern, which includes config.values, config.caseSensitive, config.regex, config.columnNameRegex, and config.tags.
config.tags
array[string] The default resulting tags to apply to the data source when the pattern is matched.
config.columnNameRegex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column names.
config.regex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column values.
config.values
array[string] The list of words included in the dictionary to match against column values.
config.caseSensitive
boolean Indicates whether or not values are case sensitive.
createdAt
date When the pattern was created.
updatedAt
date When the pattern was last updated.
Request example
The following request creates a pattern, saved in example-payload.json.
{"name":"MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK","displayName":"My First Framework","description":"This is the first framework I've created.","classifiers": [ {"name":"MY_COLUMN_NAME_PATTERN" }, {"name":"MY_REGEX_PATTERN" }, {"name":"AGE","overrides": {"tags": ["Discovered.Entity.Age" ] } } ]}
Response example
{"name":"MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK","displayName":"My First Framework","description":"This is the first framework I've created.","createdBy": {"id":1,"name":"John","email":"john@example.com" },"id":1,"createdAt":"2021-10-14T19:12:22.092Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-14T19:12:22.092Z","classifiers": [ {"name":"MY_COLUMN_NAME_REGEX_PATTERN","overrides": {} }, {"name":"MY_REGEX_PATTERN","overrides": {} } ]}
{"count":67,"hits": [ {"createdBy": {"id":21,"name":"Immuta System Account","email":"immuta_system@immuta.com" },"name":"AGE","displayName":"Age","description":"Matches numeric strings between 10 and 199.","type":"builtIn","config": {"tags": ["Discovered.PII","Discovered.Identifier Indirect","Discovered.PHI","Discovered.Entity.Age" ],"conditionalTags": {} },"id":3,"createdAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.761Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.761Z" }, {"createdBy": {"id":21,"name":"Immuta System Account","email":"immuta_system@immuta.com" },"name":"ARGENTINA_DNI_NUMBER","displayName":"Argentina DNI Number", "description": "Matches strings consistent with Argentina National Identity (DNI) Number. Requires an eight digit number with optional periods between the second and third and fifth and sixth digit.",
"type":"builtIn","config": {"tags": ["Discovered.PII","Discovered.Identifier Direct","Discovered.Country.Argentina","Discovered.PHI","Discovered.Entity.DNI Number" ],"conditionalTags": {} },"id":4,"createdAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.769Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.769Z" }, {"createdBy": {"id":21,"name":"Immuta System Account","email":"immuta_system@immuta.com" },"name":"AUSTRALIA_MEDICARE_NUMBER","displayName":"Australia Medicare Number", "description": "Matches numeric strings consistent with Australian Medicare Number. Requires a ten or eleven digit number. The starting digit must be between 2 and 6, inclusive. Optional spaces can be placed between the fourth and fifth and ninth and tenth digit. Optional 11th separated by a `/` can be present. A checksum is required.",
"type":"builtIn","config": {"tags": ["Discovered.PII","Discovered.Identifier Direct","Discovered.Country.Australia","Discovered.PHI","Discovered.Entity.Medicare Number" ],"conditionalTags": {} },"id":5,"createdAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.779Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.779Z" }, {"createdBy": {"id":21,"name":"Immuta System Account","email":"immuta_system@immuta.com" },"name":"AUSTRALIA_PASSPORT","displayName":"Australia Passport", "description": "Matches strings consistent with Australian Passport number. A 8 or 9 character string is required, with a starting upper case character (N, E, D, F, A, C, U, X) or a two character starting character (P followed by A, B, C, D, E, F, U, W, X, or Z) followed by seven digits",
"type":"builtIn","config": {"tags": ["Discovered.PII","Discovered.Identifier Direct","Discovered.Country.Australia","Discovered.PHI","Discovered.Entity.Passport" ],"conditionalTags": {} },"id":26,"createdAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:59.010Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:59.010Z" }, {"createdBy": {"id":21,"name":"Immuta System Account","email":"immuta_system@immuta.com" },"name":"AUSTRALIA_TAX_FILE_NUMBER","displayName":"Australia Tax File Number", "description": "Matches strings consistent with Australia Tax File Number. Requires a nine digit number with optional spaces between the third and fourth and sixth and seventh digits. A checksum is also required",
"type":"builtIn","config": {"tags": ["Discovered.PII","Discovered.Identifier Direct","Discovered.Country.Australia","Discovered.PHI","Discovered.Entity.Tax File Number" ],"conditionalTags": {} },"id":6,"createdAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.789Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-28T07:34:58.789Z" } ]}
List or search for identification frameworks
GET/sdd/template
List or search identification frameworks.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
sortField
string The field by which to sort the search results: id, name, displayName, type, createdAt, or updatedAt.
No
sortOrder
string Denotes whether to sort the results in ascending (asc) or descending (desc) order. Default is asc.
No
offSet
integer Use in combination with limit to fetch pages.
No
limit
integer Limits the number of results displayed per page.
No
classifiers
array[string] Filters framework results to those containing the specified patterns.
No
searchText
string A partial, case-insensitive search on the framework name.
No
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
count
integer The number of identification frameworks found matching the search criteria.
id
integer The unique ID of the framework.
createdBy
array Includes details about the user who created the framework, such as their profile id, name, and email.
name
string Unique, request-friendly framework name.
displayName
string Unique, human-readable framework name.
description
string The framework description.
classifiers
array The rules in the framework and any overrides for those rules.
createdAt
date When the framework was created.
updatedAt
date When the framework was last updated.
Request example
The following request lists all identification frameworks.
{"name":"MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK","displayName":"My First Framework","description":"This is the first framework I've created.","createdBy": {"id":1,"name":"John","email":"john@immuta.com" },"id":1,"createdAt":"2021-10-18T16:54:24.920Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-18T16:54:24.920Z","classifiers": [ {"name":"MY_DICTIONARY_PATTERN","overrides": {} }, {"name":"MY_REGEX_PATTERN","overrides": {} } ]}
View the current global framework
GET/sdd/template/global
View the current global framework.
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
id
integer The unique ID of the framework.
name
string Unique, request-friendly framework name.
displayName
string Unique, human-readable framework name.
description
string The framework description.
classifiers
array The rules in the framework and any overrides for those rules.
createdBy
array Includes details about the user who created the framework, such as their profile id, name, and email.
createdAt
date When the framework was created.
updatedAt
date When the framework was last updated.
Request example
This request gets the current global framework information.
{"name":"MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK","displayName":"My First Framework","description":"This is the first framework I've created.","createdBy": {"id":2,"name":"Jane Doe","email":"jane.doe@immuta.com" },"id":1,"createdAt":"2022-08-10T20:35:43.252Z","updatedAt":"2022-08-10T20:35:43.252Z","classifiers": [ {"name":"AGE","overrides": {} }, {"name":"ETHNIC_GROUP","overrides": {} } ]}
Apply identification frameworks to data sources
PUT/sdd/template/apply
Apply an identification framework to a set of data sources.
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
template
string The name of the identification framework to apply to the data sources. null to clear current framework, and the data source will use the global framework.
Yes
sources
string The name of the data sources to apply the framework to.
Yes
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
success
boolean When true, the request was successful.
Request example
This request applies the MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK framework to the Public Case data source.
string The name of the data sources to apply the identification framework to.
Yes
all
boolean If true, SDD will run on all Immuta data sources.
No
wait
integer The number of seconds to wait for the SDD jobs to finish. The value -1 will wait until the jobs complete. Default is -1.
No
dryRun
boolean When true, SDD will not update the tags on the data source(s). Instead of applying tags, SDD returns the tags that would be applied to the data source. This allows users to evaluate whether or not rules or frameworks are applying tags correctly without updating the data source. Default is false.
No
template
string If passed, Immuta will run SDD with this framework instead of the applied framework on the data source(s). Passing template when dryRun is false will cause an error.
No
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
id
string The unique identifier of the job.
state
string The job state. Statuses include created, retry, active, completed, expired, cancelled, or failed.
output
array[string] Information about the tags applied on the data source, including diff (added and removed tags) and the current state of allTags on all columns in the data sources.
Request example: Run SDD on a single data source
This request runs SDD on the data source Public Case.
Update a pattern. Partial updates are not supported.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
classifierName
string The name of the pattern to update.
Yes
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
name
string Unique, request-friendly pattern name.
Yes
displayName
string Unique, human-readable pattern name.
Yes
description
string The pattern description.
Yes
type
string The type of pattern: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.
Yes
config
object The configuration of the pattern, which includes config.values, config.caseSensitive, config.regex, config.columnNameRegex, and config.tags.
Yes
config.tags
array[string] The default resulting tags to apply when the pattern is matched; they must begin with Discovered . .
No
config.regex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column values. The pattern must have regex, columnNameRegex, or values to match to data.
No
config.columnNameRegex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column names. The pattern must have regex, columnNameRegex, or values to match to data.
No
config.values
array[string] The list of words included in the dictionary to match against column values. The pattern must have regex, columnNameRegex, or values to match to data.
No
config.caseSensitive
boolean Indicates whether or not values are case sensitive. Defaults to false.
No
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
createdBy
array Includes details about the user who created the pattern, such as their profile id, name, and email.
name
string Unique, request-friendly pattern name.
displayName
string Unique, human-readable pattern name.
description
string The pattern description.
type
string The type of pattern: regex, dictionary, columnNameRegex, or builtIn.
config
object The configuration of the pattern, which includes config.values, config.caseSensitive, config.regex, config.columnNameRegex, and config.tags.
config.tags
array[string] The default resulting tags to apply to the data source when the pattern is matched.
config.columnNameRegex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column names.
config.regex
string A case-insensitive regular expression to match against column values.
config.values
array[string] The list of words included in the dictionary to match against column values.
config.caseSensitive
boolean Indicates whether or not values are case sensitive.
createdAt
date When the pattern was created.
updatedAt
date When the pattern was last updated.
Request example
The following request updates the name and description of the MY_REGEX_PATTERN pattern.
{"name":"REGULAR_EXPRESSIONS","displayName":"Regular Expressions","description":"A pattern example using regex.","type":"regex","config": {"regex":"^[A-Z][a-z]+","tags": ["Discovered.regex-example"] }}
Response example
{"createdBy": {"id":1,"name":"John","email":"john@example.com" },"name":"REGULAR_EXPRESSIONS","displayName":"Regular Expressions","description":"A pattern example using regex.","type":"regex","config": {"tags": ["Discovered.regex-example" ],"regex":"^[A-Z][a-z]+" },"id":67,"createdAt":"2021-10-14T18:48:56.289Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-19T12:48:56.289Z"}
Clone an identification framework
POST/sdd/template/{templateName}/clone
Clone an identification framework.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
templateName
string The name of the identification framework to clone.
Yes
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
name
string Unique, request-friendly framework name for the cloned framework.
Yes
displayName
string Unique, human-readable framework name for the cloned framework.
Yes
description
string The cloned framework description.
No
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
id
integer The unique ID of the framework.
createdBy
array Includes details about the user who created the framework, such as their profile id, name, and email.
name
string Unique, request-friendly framework name.
displayName
string Unique, human-readable framework name.
description
string The framework description.
classifiers
array The rules in the framework and any overrides for those rules.
createdAt
date When the framework was created.
updatedAt
date When the framework was last updated.
Request example
This request clones the MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK identification framework.
{"name":"CLONE_OF_FIRST_FRAMEWORK","displayName":"Clone of My First Framework","description":"This is a clone of my first framework."}
Response example
{"name":"CLONE_OF_FIRST_FRAMEWORK","displayName":"Clone of My First Framework","description":"This is a clone of my first framework.","createdBy": {"id":1,"name":"John","email":"john@example.com" },"id":4,"createdAt":"2021-10-19T16:21:17.660Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-19T16:21:17.660Z","classifiers": [ {"name":"MY_COLUMN_NAME_REGEX_PATTERN","overrides": {} }, {"name":"MY_REGEX_PATTERN","overrides": {} } ]}
Update an identification framework
PUT/sdd/template/{templateName}
Update an identification framework.
Query parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
templateName
string The name of the identification framework to update.
Yes
Payload parameters
Attribute
Description
Required
name
string Unique, request-friendly framework name.
Yes
displayName
string Unique, human-readable framework name.
Yes
description
string The framework description.
Yes
classifiers
array The patterns to include in the framework and any additional overrides for those patterns.
Yes
classifiers.name
string The name of the pattern to include in the framework.
Yes
classifiers.overrides
array The overrides to modify the pattern for this framework.
No
classifiers.overrides.tags
array The resulting tags to apply when the pattern is matched. These tags will override the pattern's default tags and must begin with Discovered . .
No
Response parameters
Attribute
Description
id
integer The unique ID of the framework.
createdBy
array Includes details about the user who created the framework, such as their profile id, name, and email.
name
string Unique, request-friendly framework name.
displayName
string Unique, human-readable framework name.
description
string The framework description.
classifiers
array The rules in the framework and any overrides for those rules.
createdAt
date When the framework was created.
updatedAt
date When the framework was last updated.
Request example
The following request updates the name of, description of, and rules in the MY_FIRST_FRAMEWORK identification framework.
{"name":"HEALTH_DATA","displayName":"Health Data","description":"This is a framework for health data.","createdBy": {"id":1,"name":"John","email":"john@immuta.com" },"id":1,"createdAt":"2021-10-19T16:07:39.356Z","updatedAt":"2021-10-19T16:07:39.356Z","classifiers": [ {"name":"MY_COLUMN_NAME_REGEX_PATTERN","overrides": {} } ]}