To quickly create a sensitive data discovery job that's similar to an existing job, you can create a copy of the existing job. You can then edit the copy's settings, and save the copy as a new job. This can be helpful for cases where you want to analyze different sets of data in the same way, or the same set of data in different ways. It can also be helpful if you want to adjust the configuration settings for an existing job—cancel the existing job, copy it, and then adjust and save the copy as a new job.
To copy a job
Follow these steps to copy a job by using the Amazon Macie console. To copy a job programmatically, use the DescribeClassificationJob operation of the Amazon Macie API to retrieve the configuration settings for the job that you want to copy. Then use the CreateClassificationJob operation to create a copy of the job.
Open the Amazon Macie console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/macie/
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In the navigation pane, choose Jobs. The Jobs page opens and displays the number of jobs in your inventory and a table of those jobs.
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In the Jobs table, select the checkbox for the job that you want to copy. To find the job more quickly, you can filter the table by using the filter options above the table. You can also sort the table in ascending or descending order by certain fields.
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On the Actions menu, choose Copy to new.
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Complete the steps on the console to review and adjust the settings for the copy of the job. For the Refine the scope step, consider choosing options that prevent the job from analyzing existing data in the same way again:
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For a one-time job, use object criteria to include only those objects that were created or changed after a certain time. For example, if you're creating a copy of a job that you cancelled, add a Last modified condition that specifies the date and time when you cancelled the existing job.
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For a periodic job, clear the Include existing objects checkbox. If you do this, the first run of the job analyzes only those objects that are created or changed after you create the job and before the job's first run. You can also use object criteria to exclude objects that were last modified before a certain date and time.
For additional details about this and other steps, see Creating a sensitive data discovery job.
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When you finish, choose Submit to save the copy as a new job.
If you configured the job to run once, on a daily basis, or on the current day of the week or month, Macie starts running the job immediately after you save it. Otherwise, Macie prepares to run the job on the specified day of the week or month. To monitor the job, you can check the status of the job.
