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 ## Introduction ## Introduction
  
-Whether for compliance or competitive reasons, organisations often need to take action based on documents of special interest.+The Enterprise File Fabric's Data Automation Rules functionality delivers 'IFTT' functionality for automating actions when particular events happen on your storage 
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 +As an example:
  
  * Documents that contain personal data restricted under GDPR? - Don't allow them to be shared!  * Documents that contain personal data restricted under GDPR? - Don't allow them to be shared!
  * Sales contracts reference obsolete SKUs? - Notify the the legal team and move them to quarantine!  * Sales contracts reference obsolete SKUs? - Notify the the legal team and move them to quarantine!
  * Files containing the name Ernie Madeoff? - Send email to the finance director!  * Files containing the name Ernie Madeoff? - Send email to the finance director!
 + * High-res media assets require automatic transcoding? Do that as soon as the file lands!
  
 An administrator can pre-configure actions to be automatically performed when different types of content are detected.  For example, an email could be sent, or a file moved or restricted based on the detection of personal data.  An administrator can pre-configure actions to be automatically performed when different types of content are detected.  For example, an email could be sent, or a file moved or restricted based on the detection of personal data. 
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  * [[contentdiscoveryconfig]]  * [[contentdiscoveryconfig]]
  
-For data automation rules to be enabled the Content Discovery module must be enabled, and providers configured for content search. For more information see Content Discovery.+For data automation rules to be enabled the Content Discovery module must be enabled, and providers configured for content search. For more information see [[contentdiscoveryconfig]].
  
 The Data Automation Rules configuration page is accessed from the Organization menu by users with the Administrator role.  The Data Automation Rules configuration page is accessed from the Organization menu by users with the Administrator role. 
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 +## Content Discovery
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 +Automation rules work with [[contentdiscovery]] detectors and categories. Content Detectors trigger Content Detection Categories, which raise events that trigger rules which execute actions:
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 +{{ :contentdiscovery:data-automation-structure.png?nolink&400 |}}
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 ## Creating an Automation Rule ## Creating an Automation Rule