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title: Data Discovery Store overview
description: Get visibility into sensitive data on your instance and work towards implementing security measures to prevent loss or exposure of sensitive data.
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canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-overview.html
release: australia
product: Data Discovery
classification: data-discovery
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Data Discovery Store, Data Discovery, Platform Privacy]
---

# Data Discovery Store overview

Get visibility into sensitive data on your instance and work towards implementing security measures to prevent loss or exposure of sensitive data.

The **Overview** tab provides an easy starting point for using Data Discovery, alongside showing important discovery metrics and findings. Navigate to **All** > **Data Discovery** > **Overview** to begin using the tab.

## Create discovery policy and schedule discovery job

You can begin using Data Discovery with the recommended action items. Select **Create Policy** to define what sensitive data patterns should be identified and how they should be handled. See [Data Discovery policy](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-policy.md) for more information on creating a new policy. Select **Schedule Job** to schedule a data discovery jobs that will scan your instance for sensitive information. See [Data Discovery scheduled discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-scheduled-discovery.md) for more information on scheduling a new discovery job.

## Data discovery summary

You can review at a glance important Data Discovery metrics. Additionally, you can select the charts to drill-down further. For more information on reviewing discovery findings see [Review discovery findings](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-review-discovery-findings.md).

-   **Discovered data**

    A bar chart overlaying the classifications and amount of discovered data. It summarizes where and how many instances of PII were discovered across different tables in your instance, categorized by data pattern types.

-   **Discovery status**

    A donut chart displaying the proportions of the current state of all discovered patterns- whether they are new findings pending review, have been classified, or marked as ignored


## Discovered data and recent jobs

You can review newly discovered data and recent discovery jobs in this section. For a more detailed review of these tables and their contents see [Data Discovery scheduled discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/data-discovery/dds-scheduled-discovery.md)

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