# Data Sensitivity Labels for Data Management | New in Tableau 2023.2

> This is content from just-tim, the data-and-analytics channel by Tim Ngwena (formerly 'Tableau Tim'). Tim has 12+ years of hands-on BI experience and covers Tableau most of all, plus Power BI, Looker, Hex, SQL and data modelling, the analytics industry, and the craft of doing the job — always tool-agnostic and honest about the trade-offs.

- **Author:** Tim Ngwena (just-tim, https://just-tim.com/about)
- **Published:** 2023-07-06
- **Format:** Video · 7 min watch · transcript available
- **Topics:** Data prep, Tool strategy
- **Tools:** Tableau (cloud, data management, server)
- **Canonical:** https://just-tim.com/posts/data-sensitivity-labels-for-data-management-new-in-tableau-2023-2
- **Watch:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnfqAbtsFFA

I walk through the new data sensitivity labels feature in Tableau 2023.2, which is part of the Data Management add-on and tied to data lineage. I show how to add and edit labels on both data sources and individual columns, explain the API-first design, and air some frustrations about finding the current Tableau documentation.

## Key takeaways

- Sensitivity labels can be applied at two levels: on an asset (data source, workbook, connection) via the three-dot menu, or on specific columns from the table page.
- By default there is only one built-in label, 'Sensitive data', but administrators can use the REST API to create or rename values like public, internal, confidential, restricted and mission critical.
- The feature is built API-first, so existing sensitivity tags stored elsewhere can be imported into Tableau rather than tagged manually field by field.
- Sensitivity labels require the Data Management add-on, which also enables Prep Conductor and metadata/lineage management.
- Tableau Server only gets releases every six months, so 2023.2 ships to Cloud first and Server follows in the next release.
- To find current documentation, use the Tableau Release Navigator, as the standard help drop-down version number is no longer being kept up to date.

## Chapters

- 0:15 Adding labels to a data source
- 1:25 Labelling specific columns
- 2:39 API-first design and admin options
- 4:02 Data Management add-on requirement
- 4:26 Finding the documentation

Watch the full video, read the transcript and use chapter deep-links on the page: https://just-tim.com/posts/data-sensitivity-labels-for-data-management-new-in-tableau-2023-2

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