Veritas Information Classifier

The Veritas Information Classifier comes with a large number of built-in policies, but you can create custom policies if the built-in ones do not meet your needs.

You can also edit existing policies. However, in the case of the built-in policies, the changes that you can make are quite limited.

To create or edit a policy

  1. At the left of the Veritas Information Classifier, click Policies.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To create a policy from the beginning, click New.

    • To create a policy by copying an existing one, select the policy and then click Copy.

    • To edit an existing policy, select the policy and then click Edit.

  3. Set the fields as follows:

    Name

    Specifies the policy name. The name must be unique, and it can contain up to 100 alphanumeric, space, and special characters.

    Status

    Enables or disables the policy. You must enable the policy if you want the Veritas Information Classifier to check for and tag the items that match the policy.

    Description

    (Optional.) Provides a short description of the policy for display in the Veritas Information Classifier.

    Tags

    Nominates one or more tags that you want to apply to the items that match the policy conditions. Click the Tags field to choose from a list of the available tags.

    Conditions

    Specifies one or more conditions that an item must meet for the Veritas Information Classifier to consider it a match.

    See About policy conditions

  4. Test the policy by clicking Browse and then choosing an item that ought to match it.

    After a few moments, the Veritas Information Classifier indicates whether it has found a match. When this is the case, you can click Show details to see the matching text and confidence levels.

  5. Click Save.

Veritas Information Classifier

The Veritas Information Classifier comes with a large number of built-in policies, but you can create custom policies if the built-in ones do not meet your needs.

You can also edit existing policies. However, in the case of the built-in policies, the changes that you can make are quite limited.

To create or edit a policy

  1. At the left of the Veritas Information Classifier, click Policies.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • To create a policy from the beginning, click New.

    • To create a policy by copying an existing one, select the policy and then click Copy.

    • To edit an existing policy, select the policy and then click Edit.

  3. Set the fields as follows:

    Name

    Specifies the policy name. The name must be unique, and it can contain up to 100 alphanumeric, space, and special characters.

    Status

    Enables or disables the policy. You must enable the policy if you want the Veritas Information Classifier to check for and tag the items that match the policy.

    Description

    (Optional.) Provides a short description of the policy for display in the Veritas Information Classifier.

    Tags

    Nominates one or more tags that you want to apply to the items that match the policy conditions. Click the Tags field to choose from a list of the available tags.

    Conditions

    Specifies one or more conditions that an item must meet for the Veritas Information Classifier to consider it a match.

    See About policy conditions

  4. Test the policy by clicking Browse and then choosing an item that ought to match it.

    After a few moments, the Veritas Information Classifier indicates whether it has found a match. When this is the case, you can click Show details to see the matching text and confidence levels.

  5. Click Save.