Data Discovery sources

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title: Data Discovery sources
description: Create, and select the data patterns to be used in Data Discovery, and what tables to scan.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Data Discovery sources

Create, and select the data patterns to be used in Data Discovery, and what tables to scan.

The **Sources** tab of Data Discovery helps you review your all your data patterns, set which pattern to use for scans, and select the tables to scan.

## All Patterns

The **All Patterns** table lists all current patterns. Note that inactive patterns will show up in this list.See [Create new data pattern](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-create-new-data-pattern.md) to create a new data pattern.

**Note:** Patterns musts be active to be used in discovery jobs.

|Label|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name|Name of the data pattern.|
|Expression|Regular expression used to discover the data pattern.|
|Keyword|A specific word\(or words separated by comma\) to be searched for around a expression.|
|Keyword Proximity|How far from the expression to search for keywords.|
|Privacy Technique Configuration|Privacy technique used for the pattern|

## Active Patterns

The **Active Patterns** table lists all of the current active data patterns. See [Select active data patterns](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-active-data-patterns.md) to learn how set a pattern to active and used by discovery jobs.

|Label|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Name|Name of the data pattern.|
|Expression|Regular expression used to discover the data pattern.|
|Keyword|A specific word\(or words separated by comma\) to be searched for around a expression.|
|Keyword Proximity|How far from the expression to search for keywords.|
|Privacy Technique Configuration|Privacy technique used for the pattern|

## Target Tables

The **Target Tables** table lists all tables currently selected for discovery jobs. See [Select target tables](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-select-target-tables.md) to select tables for use in discovery jobs.

|Label|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Table Name|The name of the table|
|Display name|The display name of the table \(Used in reporting\)|
|Application|The application scope of the table.|