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title: Alert data patterns
description: Before you can define real-time protection policies, you must create your alert data patterns; reusable groups of data patterns that detect and then alert or block sensitive data across your organization.
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product: Data Privacy \(Classic\)
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last_updated: "2026-10-09"
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# Alert data patterns

Before you can define real-time protection policies, you must create your alert data patterns; reusable groups of data patterns that detect and then alert or block sensitive data across your organization.

## About this task

Role required: data\_privacy\_admin

To create a new alert data pattern, perform the following procedure:

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Security** > **Data privacy** > **Real time protection** > **Alert data patterns**.

2.  Select **Create new**.

    **Note:** There are several data patterns included with the base system.

3.  Fill in the fields on the form:

    |Field|Description|
    |-----|-----------|
    |Alert pattern configuration name|Name of the alert pattern configuration.|
    |Select data patterns|Names of the data patterns you want to detect for this alert. You can set a maximum of 10 data patterns.|

4.  Select **Create**.

    The new alert data pattern is added.


## What to do next

The alert data patterns you create show in the main view. You can edit or delete them by selecting the appropriate option from their Actions menu.