Configuring custom properties for your datasources

Enrich your datasources by defining and assigning custom properties.

About this task

By configuring custom properties, you can better manage your datasources, organize your workflow, and efficiently accomplish complex processes.

Consider a scenario where you'd like to assess the vulnerability of the datasources that are residing in a specific geographical location. You can define the name of the location as a custom property, assign the property to all the datasources that reside in that location, and group the datasources by the custom property. The custom property can also be added to an existing datasource group. You can now configure a security assessment to scan only the active datasources that are in the group.

Custom properties are flexible and can be reconfigured or deleted, as needed. You can create any number of customized properties based on your business needs and assign multiple properties to one datasource. You can also import existing values from the Guardium® compliance monitoring application. Manually import selected properties or dynamically import updated values when new properties are added to compliance monitoring. When you export your datasource, the assigned properties are also exported.

You can enrich your datasource in two simple steps:
  1. Define a custom property with one or more associated values.
  2. Assign the customized property to your datasource.
The following procedure describes the configuration process in detail.

Procedure

  1. Open the Datasource Definitions tool by clicking Setup > Tools and Views > Datasource Definitions.
  2. To add a new custom property, click Custom properties > Manage
    1. From the Manage custom properties window, click new to create a custom property. In the Property name field, enter the name of the custom property. Example: Data center.
    2. Under Valid values, click new to add one or more custom values to the custom property. Example: New York, San Francisco, Chicago.
    3. Click Save.
    4. Repeat steps 2.a to 2.c to add more custom properties based on your business needs. Examples: Country, Continent, Business unit. You can create any number of custom properties with any number of associated values.
  3. To assign the custom property, select your datasource or datasource group from the Datasource Definitions page. Then click Custom properties > Add to datasources.
    1. Select the appropriate Property name from drop-down menu.
    2. Select the appropriate Value from the drop-down menu.
    3. Click +Add another to add another custom defined property to the datasource. You can add multiple properties to one datasource or datasource group.
    4. Click Save to assign the properties to the selected datasource or group.
  4. Optional: Assign additional properties by repeating step 3. You can also edit the datasource by selecting the datasource, then clicking edit, accessing the Custom tab, and selecting a different value for the datasource.
  5. Optional: If applicable, import custom properties from industry and application groups that you have defined in your Guardium compliance monitoring application. You can import all or selected properties. Check Update custom datasource properties with industries and application updates to dynamically import properties and as when they are updated.
  6. Optional: Edit or delete custom properties, as needed. When a custom property is deleted, it's also removed from all associated datasources and datasource groups.
  7. View all the assigned properties for a datasource in the Datasource Definitions page under the Custom column.