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title: Create PI data elements
description: Create PI data elements based on residents' personal information collected during the business process, such as phone numbers and email IDs. Use pre-configured elements or create new ones. Customize for data elements for specific regions or map a single PI data element to multiple regions.
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product: Privacy Workspace
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Configure privacy breach assessment, Privacy Case Management, Privacy Management, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
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# Create PI data elements

Create PI data elements based on residents' personal information collected during the business process, such as phone numbers and email IDs. Use pre-configured elements or create new ones. Customize for data elements for specific regions or map a single PI data element to multiple regions.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_privacy\_case.privacy\_case\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Privacy Case Management** > **Breach Assessment Configuration** > **PI Data Elements**.

2.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_bvg_3ss_zzb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Label

</td><td>

Category to which the data element belongs. For example, phone number, email address, and so on.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Unique name to identify the data element.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Type

</td><td>

Type of preconfigured PI data element type with which the data element must be associated.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Application

</td><td>

Name of the application this data element applies to. This field is automatically set to **GRC: Privacy Case Management**.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

Option to activate the PI data element.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Applied to

</td><td>

Location of where the data element is applicable. The options are as follows:-   **All regions**
-   **Specific to a region**


</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Brief description of the data element.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>3.  Select **Submit**.


**Parent Topic:**[Configuring privacy breach assessment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/governance-risk-compliance/privacy-workspace/configure-privacy-breach-assessment.md)