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title: Schedule Discovery
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-1-0/schedule-discovery
description: Learn how to set up and run scheduled data discovery in the Sensitive Data Discovery tool with this comprehensive guide. Discover the step-by-step instructions to configure the discovery process, create a schedule using a cron expression, and enable the S
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createdAt: 2022-08-01T17:37:13.000Z
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Aside from manual discovery, a scheduled discovery can also be configured:

1. Navigate to **Sensitive Data Discovery**.
2. Open the** Schedule Discovery** tab.
3. Fill in the **Discovery Name**, **Description**, and **Cron Expression**.
4. Select the **Database**, **Schema**,** Table, Pattern**, **Sample Data Count**, **Expected Matched Percentages**, and** Thread Count**.
5. Click the **Save Scheduler **button.

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To execute the scheduled discovery, the SDD schedule job must be defined:



1. Navigate to** Administration **>** Jobs Scheduler**.
2. Open the **Triger List** tab.
3. Select **SDDSchedule** as the Job.
4. Fill in the **Trigger Name** and** Cron Expression** fields
5. To enable the job, select **Enabled** in the **Active** field and click **Save**.

When the scheduled discovery is completed, the discovery results are shown in the Schedule Result Page tab.

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A discovery summary can also be viewed. Click the **Show Summary **option
on the **Search Result **section.

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