Visualize data profiles in the discovery dashboard

This section describes the information displayed in the discovery dashboard in the Google Cloud console.

For more information about the discovery service, see Data profiles.

If you want to query data profiles and perform custom visualizations through Looker, see Analyze data profiles.

Before you begin

Confirm that you have the IAM permissions that are required to work with scan configurations and data profiles at the organization or project level.

Information in the discovery dashboard

The discovery dashboard provides a visual summary of data assets in the current resource (organization or project) that have been profiled by the Sensitive Data Protection discovery service. This dashboard provides the following information:

  • Product coverage: Shows which discovery types are enabled in the resource. For each enabled discovery type, this section shows high-level details, such as profile counts categorized by data sensitivity level. Each data source that discovery supports has a corresponding discovery type.
  • Data profiles by geography: Shows data profile counts in each region and multi-region where you have data that was profiled.
  • Data profiles map: Plots the locations of the profiled data on a map. Locations are represented by circles of varying sizes and colors. Locations that have more data profiles are represented by larger circles on the map. Locations with moderate-sensitivity or high-sensitivity data are red. Locations with only low-sensitivity data are green. To see more details about the data in a location, hold the pointer over the circle.
  • BigQuery profiles with infoType: If the BigQuery discovery type is enabled, this pie chart shows the infoTypes detected in your BigQuery data.
  • Cloud SQL profiles with infoType: If the Cloud SQL discovery type is enabled, this pie chart shows the infoTypes detected in your Cloud SQL data.
  • Risk over time: Plots the data risk levels of all profiled data in a time series chart. For more information about how data risk and sensitivity levels are calculated, see Data risk and sensitivity levels.
  • Sensitivity over time: Plots the sensitivity levels of all profiled data in a time series chart.

View the discovery dashboard

  1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the discovery dashboard.

    Go to Discovery dashboard

  2. Select the organization or project that you want to view.

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