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Manage Identification Frameworks

Requirements:

Create a framework

Create a framework with no rules

  1. Click the Discover icon in the navigation menu and select the Frameworks tab.
  2. Click Create New.
  3. Enter a Name for the framework.
  4. Enter a Description for the framework.
  5. Select the option to Create empty framework.
  6. Click Create.

After you create the framework, you can create new rules for it.

Copy an existing framework and its rules

  1. Click the Discover icon in the navigation menu and select the Frameworks tab.
  2. Click Create New.
  3. Enter a Name for the framework.
  4. Enter a Description for the framework.
  5. Select the option to Create rules from an existing framework.
  6. Select the checkbox for the framework you want to copy. You can only copy a single framework. For more information about a framework, click the framework name to open a new tab with details about the framework.
  7. Click Create.

Assign a framework to data sources

To assign a framework to run on specific data sources,

  1. Click the Discover icon in the navigation menu and select the Frameworks tab.
  2. Select the framework you want to assign and navigate to the Data Sources tab.
  3. Click Add Data Sources.
  4. Select the checkbox for the data source you want this framework to run on. You may select more than one.
  5. Click Add Data Source(s).

Remove data sources from a framework

After a data source is removed from a framework, it will use the global framework for any SDD scans and the tags applied by the removed framework will be replaced. To remove data sources from a framework,

  1. Click the Discover icon in the navigation menu and select the Frameworks tab.
  2. Select the framework you want to remove data sources from and navigate to the Data Sources tab.
  3. Select the checkbox for the data source you want to remove from the framework. You may select more than one.
  4. Select the Bulk Actions more options.
  5. Select Remove Data Sources.
  6. Click Confirm.

Delete a framework

Deleting a framework will remove it from any data sources. Those data sources will then use the global framework for any SDD scans and the tags applied by the deleted framework will be replaced. Governors can delete any framework, and users with the CREATE_DATA_SOURCE or CREATE_DATA_SOURCE_IN_PROJECT permissions can only delete frameworks they created. To delete a framework,

  1. Click the Discover icon in the navigation menu and select the Frameworks tab.
  2. Click the three dot menu in the Action column for the framework you want to delete. Note that the global framework cannot be deleted. If you want to delete it, configure a different framework as the global framework.
  3. Select Remove.
  4. Click Confirm.