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Overview
An entity type is what SkySync is detecting. SkySync comes with pre-installed entity types that cover a wide range of data, but you also have the option to create custom entity types. Entity types are assigned to a category that identifies the type of data being detected and a match type that identifies how the data is being detected. This page provides a high-level overview to help you understand entity types. To learn more about a specific match type, refer to the Help Center page for that specific match type.
Categories
Categories identify the type of data being detected. Entity types fall into five categories.
Category | Description | |
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| 1 | General | This is a catch-all category for any entity type that doesn’t fall into one of the other four categories. Custom entity types are assigned to this category. |
| 2 | Financial | These entity types are for financial information such as
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| 3 | Privacy | This category is for any entity type pertaining to personally identifiable information (PII). Examples of this type of information include
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| 4 | Regulation | Regulation entity types rely on related keywords to find entity types in different areas such as
The built-in Document Type Classifier and Standardized Form Matcher also fall under this category. |
| 5 | Technology | This category includes entity types related to the technology field such as domain names and IP addresses. |
Match Type
Match type is how the data is being detected. SkySync supports four match type methods.
Match Type | Description | |
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| 1 | Regular Expression | Regular expression is a pattern used to identify text. It allows you to have very fine-grained control over what content SkySync detects. |
| 2 | Block List | A block list allows matching on a given list of terms within a piece of content. |
| 3 | Classification | This is a custom classification model that is plugged into the system. SkySync has four pre-installed classification entity types:
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| 4 | Transformation | A transformation entity type allows for applying a custom metadata expression against any prior matches to generate new value. This option is available only through the SkySync Data Governance and Classification API. |