Example: Manual classification
You know that a specific column contains email addresses. You want to manually add the data class, email, to this column.
Steps
- Navigate to the Column asset.
- In the At a glance sidebar, click the Data Classification field.
A drop-down list with all possible data classes appears.Tip To open the At a glance sidebar, click the information icon.

- Enter the name of the data class you want to add, for example, email.
- If the data class is available from the list, select the option.
If the data class is not available in the list, press Enter, to create the data class. - Click the Save icon.
The Column asset has been manually classified as email.
If the data class email didn't exist yet, it is now available for other Column assets.
You can now configure the Email data class so it can be used by the automatic data classification method, Unified Data Classification.