Data Classification Upload

Data Classification Upload is a Setup feature that allows administrators to bulk-update data classification metadata by uploading a CSV file. This enables organizations to classify hundreds of fields at once rather than updating each field individually, streamlining the data governance process.

Setting a sensitivity level on one field through the field detail page is easy. Setting it on three thousand fields is impossible by hand. Data Classification Upload is the bulk path: a CSV with one row per field and the classification metadata you want applied, processed in a single operation. It is what makes a one-time "classify everything we have" project actually finishable in a quarter rather than a year.

The reason it pairs naturally with Data Classification Download is that the round-trip - export current state, edit in spreadsheet, upload new state - is how privacy maturity actually progresses. The first export shows mostly blank classifications; each cycle fills more in, until the schema's privacy posture is something you can prove rather than describe. Treat the upload as a normal part of the privacy operating model, not a one-shot remediation.