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Default regular expression data patterns

Review the default data pattern regular expressions included in Data Discovery. These default data patterns can be used to filter table entries for further classification.

Data Discovery supports using a Named Entity Recognition (NER) model to discover data, such as names, organizations, nationalities, and political affiliations. Data patterns with the type Model use this feature.

The following table details the default regular expression patterns for data discovery.

NameDescriptionRegular ExpressionKeywordsExamples
AgeA person's age between 0-129\\b\(\[0-9\]\|\[1-9\]\[0-9\]\|1\[012\]\[0-9\]\)\\bage
  • Matching
  • 24
  • Age is 100
  • Non matching
  • -2
  • I am 100 years old
  • Age is 130
Date of birthDate of birth using the DD/MM/YYYY format\\b\[0-3\]?\[0-9\]/\[0-3\]?\[0-9\]/\(?:\[0-9\]\{2\}\)?\[0-9\]\{2\}\\bdob, birthday, date of birth
  • Matching
  • 06/18/2012
  • 1/1/19
  • Non matching

August 21, 1974

08-21-74

EmailStandard email address\\b\[\\w!\#$%&'\*+/=?\`\{\|\}~^-\]+\(?:\\.\[\\w!\#$%&'\*+/=?\`\{\|\}~^-\]+\)\*@\(?:\[a-zA-Z0-9-\]+\\.\)+\[a-zA-Z\]\{2,6\}\\b 
  • Matching
  • johndoe@emailserver.com
  • historyprofessor@collegehigh.edu
  • Non matching
  • notanemail.com
  • bademail@.org
Vehicle identification numberA vehicle identification number \(VIN\)\\b\[A-HJ-NPR-Z0-9\]\{17\}\\b 
  • Matching

AHUYA31581L000000

  • Non matching

112-32-3478

IP AddressStandard IP address
  • 4 digit IP

\b(?:(?:25[0-5]\|2[0-4][0-9]\|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\.){3}(?:25[0-5]\|2[0-4][0-9]\|[01]?[0-9][0-9]?)\b

  • 6 digit IP

\b(((?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})*)?)::((?:[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4}(?::[0-9A-Fa-f]{1,4})*)?))\|((?:[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4}:){7}[0-9a-fA-F]{1,4})\b

 
  • Matching digit IP

102.28.46.103

  • Matching 6 digit IP

914b:d45a:61ea:6346:59bc:3085:ee8b:0ccb

Credit Card- VisaVisa credit card number\\b4\[0-9\]\{12\}\(?:\[0-9\]\{3\}\)?\\b 
  • Matching

4444434342424242

  • Non matching

28554

Credit Card- American ExpressAmerican Express credit card number\\b3\[47\]\[0-9\]\{13\}\\b 
  • Matching

378225246366005

  • Non matching

1199

Credit Card- MastercardMastercard credit card number\\b\(?:5\[1-5\]\[0-9\]\{2\}\|222\[1-9\]\|22\[3-9\]\[0-9\]\|2\[3-6\]\[0-9\]\{2\}\|27\[01\]\[0-9\]\|2720\)\[0-9\]\{12\}\\b 
  • Matching

5555444455554444

  • Non matching

1223455

Credit Card- Diners ClubDiners Club credit card number\\b3\(?:0\[0-5\]\|\[68\]\[0-9\]\)\[0-9\]\{11\}\\b 
  • Matching

3056930009020004

  • Non matching

7721

Credit Card- DiscoverDiscovery credit card number\\b6\(?:011\|5\[0-9\]\{2\}\)\[0-9\]\{12\}\\b 
  • Matching

6011025690875424

  • Non matching

999

Credit Card- CCVCredit card security number\\b\[0-9\]\{3,4\}\\bcvv,verification code,security code
  • Matching

124

  • Non matching

33441

Credit Card- Expire DateCredit card expiration in MM/YYYY format\\b\(\(\[1-9\]\)\|\(0\[1-9\]\|1\[0-2\]\)\)\\/?\(\[0-9\]\{4\}\|\[0-9\]\{2\}\)\\bexpire,exp
  • Matching
  • 02/2027
  • 04/23
  • Non matching

03/9

USA- Social security numberUSA citizen social security number\\b\(?!666\|000\|9\\d\{2\}\)\\d\{3\}-\(?!00\)\\d\{2\}-\(?!0\{4\}\)\\d\{4\}\\b 
  • Matching

001-22-111

  • Non matching

3321146781

USA- Phone NumberUSA phone numberWarning: Does not use the USA calling code.\\b\\\(?\(\[0-9\]\{3\}\)\\\)?\[-. \]?\(\[0-9\]\{3\}\)\[-. \]?\(\[0-9\]\{4\}\)\\b 
  • Matching

2065550199

  • Non matching

1 555 238 0199

USA- Passport Number9 digit USA passport number\\b\[a-zA-Z0-9\]\\\\d\{8\}\\b 
  • Matching

770022122

  • Non matching

67431

USA- Taxpayer IDUSA taxpayer ID number\\b\(9\\d\{2\}\)\(\[ \\-\]?\)\(\[7\]\\d\|8\[0-8\]\)\(\[ \\-\]?\)\(\\d\{4\}\)\\b 
  • Matching

927 70 5828

  • Non matching

87620

USA- California State Driver License numberState of California, USA driver license number\\b\[a-zA-Z\]\\d\{7\}\\b 
  • Matching

A0002144

  • Non matching

1111

USA - Bank Routing numberUS Bank Routing \(ABA\) number\\b\(\(0\[0-9\]\)\|\(1\[0-2\]\)\|\(2\[1-9\]\)\|\(3\[0-2\]\)\|\(6\[1-9\]\)\|\(7\[0-2\]\)\|80\)\(\[0-9\]\{7\}\)\\b 
  • Matching

125210305

  • Non matching

1998