Working with custom entity types

The entity types list includes any custom entity types that are active for the dataset. From the Entity settings page, you can enable and disable custom entity types.

You can also update the configuration of a regex-based custom entity type, and go to the details page for a model-based custom entity type.

Enabling and disabling custom entity types

Required dataset permission: Edit dataset settings

The entity types list includes the custom entity types that are active for the dataset.

To manage which custom entity types are active for the dataset:

1. Click Custom entity types.

2. On the Enable custom entity types panel, to search for specific entity types, begin to type text in the entity type name. As you type, Textual updates the list to only display matching entity types.

Enable custom entity types panel for a dataset

1. To enable a custom entity type for the dataset, set its toggle to the on position.

2. To disable a custom entity type for the dataset, set its toggle to the off position.

3. To enable all of the custom entity types for the dataset, click Bulk, then click Enable all.

4. To disable all of the custom entity types for the dataset, click Bulk, then click Disable all.

Updating the configuration of a regex-based custom entity type

Required global permission - either:

• Create custom entity types

• Edit any custom entity type

From the dataset details, you can edit the configuration of a regex-based custom entity type. To edit a regex-based custom entity type, click the settings icon for that type.

Note that any changes to the custom entity type settings affect all of the datasets that use the custom entity type.

For information on how to configure a custom entity type, go to Configuration settings for regex-based custom entity types.

Viewing the details for a model-based custom entity type

Required global permission - either:

• Create custom entity types

• Edit any custom entity type

For a model-based custom entity type, to display the details for the entity type, click the settings icon.

Textual displays the entity type details in a new browser tab.

Running a new scan to reflect custom entity type changes

When you enable, disable, or edit custom entity types, the changes do not take effect until you run a new scan.

To run a new scan, click Scan.

Scan prompt for a dataset