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title: "How to View Target Details"
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last_updated: "2026-11-13T19:19:17.732Z"
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# How to View Target Details

This topic gives details about the Targets tab on the page Data Assets and Targets in Spirion Sensitive Data Platform. This topic describes how to view Target details, how to Search for a Target, and the available Target types.

## Overview

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/a9bd237a-3c49-4373-9244-ccff68d25390)

The **Target Details** page is the drill-down view for a single Target (in the example above, SPRN-P-WS047).

The page can be reached a number of different ways:

-   **Data Assets and Targets** page:
-   -   From the left side navigation select Data Asset Inventory > Data Assets and Targets > Targets tab.
    -   For a given Target select "View Target Details" from the more options menu.  
          
        ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/1a254555-5806-4b10-a7f2-86e55ff25ec3)
-   **Scans Dashboard** page: From the left side navigation select Scans.
-   -   The Scans Dashboard page opens with the SNAPSHOT tab open.
    -   In the widget Scan Coverage By Target (last 30 days) click a Target's name or number (0 or 1) to open the Target Details page.  
          
        ![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/6a56c0c8-a26a-44ef-8754-08dc4dca3d20)

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## Page Purpose and Value

The value of this page is answering two distinct questions an admin or auditor cares about for one specific Target:

1.  "What has actually been scanned here, and when?" (Scan History)
2.  "Of everything we care about finding, what has — and hasn't — ever been checked on this Target?" (Coverage & Data Types)

That second question is the real differentiator — it's a gap-analysis view, not just an activity log.

### The Target's Story

You can think of this page as the Target's story. It examines scans, playbooks, and sensitive data type capture from the Target's perspective:

-   How many times has this Target been scanned?
-   How recently was the Target scanned? Should the Target be manually scanned or scheduled for automatic scans to keep the age of its sensitive data lower?
-   Were all the expected data types scanned for on this Target found?
-   Should more data types be scanned for on this Target?
-   Should this Target be scanned by more (or different) scan playbooks?

## Scan History

On the Target Details page you find a table with the the following information:

Columns: **Scan Name**, **Data Type(s)**, **Date of Scan**, **Playbook** — each row is one scan run against this Target, and Scan Name/Playbook are clickable drill-throughs into the scan record or playbook definition.

In this example (see below): one scan, "Mac Scan," was run on 01/22/2025.

### Verify Data Types Scanned For

You must ensure you are scanning high-risk Targets for all possible data types.

The scan used the "Sensitive Data Scan" playbook which searched for the following **13 data types out of a possible 213**:

-   Social Security Number
-   Passport Number
-   EIN
-   ITIN
-   Machine Readable Passport Number
-   Bank Account Number
-   Personal Address
-   Date of Birth
-   Drivers License
-   Password
-   Telephone Number
-   Credit Card Number
-   E-Mail Address

Any data types not scanned for will not be found and will not be measured, tracked, or remediated by Spirion Sensitive Data Platform!

## Scan Frequency

The exact date and time of each scan of the Target displayed is shown under the column "Date of Scan."

### Verify Expected Scan Frequency

Targets are scanned regularly for sensitive data. The Scan History section on this page must reflect the expected scan frequency of the Target.

For example:

-   If you have scheduled this Target to be scanned once a week, the Scan History should show one scan per week.
-   If you have scheduled this Target to be scanned once a month, the Scan History should show one scan per month.
-   If your Target is failing to scan as scheduled, see [What are Some of the Common Reasons Why Scans Fail to Run?](https://dm0bkdes5q7a2ls.productfruits.help/en/article/what-are-some-of-the-common-reasons-why-scans-fail-to-run)

If your Target is high risk, that is, it contains a large volume of sensitive data, it must be scanned on a regular, automated basis and use scan playbooks which look for a multitude of data types (SSN, cred card data, PII, SPI, FERPA data, HIPAA data, etc.) and remediate the sensitive data it discovers (shred (delete), quarantine, redaction, restrict user access, etc.). More about **Coverage and Data Types**, below.

-   In this example, this Target has only ever been scanned once.
-   In a production environment **this is a red flag**.
-   **Targets must be scanned regularly** for sensitive data.
-   The longer a Target goes in-between scans, the higher the chance the sensitive data it contains is exposed in a data breach!

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/a9bd237a-3c49-4373-9244-ccff68d25390)

## Coverage & Data Types

Columns:

-   Data Type
-   Scanned?
-   Date of Last Scan
-   Playbook

This table enumerates every Data Type known to the system and shows a **Yes/No** per Target — Yes rows show when/which playbook scanned it; No rows mean never scanned.

This is the actionable part of the page:

-   **213 total Data Types** tracked.
-   **Only 13 data types** have been scanned for, and discovered.
-   The full data type catalog has NOT been scanned for on this particular Target.

In some cases, discovering a limited set of data types may be expected.

-   Only one scan ("Mac Scan," 01/22/2025, under the "Sensitive Data Scan" playbook) has ever run against this workstation.
-   This scan uses a scan playbook that checks for the **13 different data types** discovered.

### Why this matters

The headline insight this screen surfaces is what a flat scan log would not reveal: this Target (a Mac workstation) has only been checked for **only 13 of 213** configured data types.

If your compliance posture assumes broad coverage, this page is the one place that disproves that assumption per-Target, at a glance — it's effectively a per-endpoint audit/gap report, which is a stronger practical use case than "scan history" framing alone suggests.

If you're using this screen operationally, treat a large No-count here **as the trigger to investigate why this Target isn't included in broader scans and playbooks**, not just as background detail.

## How to View Target Details

To view details about a specific Target, use the following steps:

1.  From the left side navigation menu, select Data Asset Inventory > Data Assets and Targets.
2.  The "Data Assets and Targets" page appears.
3.  Select the TARGETS tab on the top left of the page.
4.  1.  Select the desired Tag from the left side Tag list to locate the desired Target or search for the desired Target.
    2.  Otherwise, select "All Targets" to view all Targets in the table on the right.
5.  Locate the Target you want to view from the table.
6.  1.  On the far right of the Target row, click the more options menu.  
          
        ![](https://docs.spirion.com/Content/Resources/Images/Assets/7.0%20Images/Targets4_159x197.png)
    2.  Click **View Target Details** from the sub-menu that appears.  
          
        ![](https://docs.spirion.com/Content/Resources/Images/Assets/7.0%20Images/Targets5_137x240.png)
7.  The **Target Details** page appears and displays detailed information about the Target.
8.  -   The selected Target name appears in the drop-down list at the top of the page.  
          
        ![](https://docs.spirion.com/Content/Resources/Images/Assets/22.Q2/TargetDetails_dropdown_364x195.png)
9.  If you select any other Target name, the details shown below displays for the selected Target only.  
      
    ![](https://docs.spirion.com/Content/Resources/Images/Assets/22.Q2/TargetDetails_dropdown2_488x218.png)
10.  Here you can see the scan history of the Target, under the "Scan History" section.
11.  You can see the Data Types the Target contains and their scan history under the "Coverage & Data Types" section.
12.  1.  Click the down arrow next to the **Scan History** section.
     2.  The table that appears is sorted by **Scan Name**.
     3.  The section lists the scans run on the Target and displays the following information in table columns:
     4.  1.  **Scan Name**: The name of scan. Use appropriate, descriptive names.
         2.  **Data Type(s)**: The data type searched for in the scan. Critical Targets should be thoroughly scanned for most or all of the data types that exist in your environment. Data types not scanned for are not discovered by Spirion Sensitive Data Platform and cannot be tracked, measured, or remediated.
         3.  **Date of Scan**: The latest date when the scan shown was performed. The dates should be regimented (1 per week/month/quarter/etc.) and verifiable. On occasion scans can fail due to
         4.  **Playbook**: The playbook associated with the scan. The playbook performs its configured action (quarantine, redact, etc.) on the data type(s) displayed in the "Data Type(s)" column.  
               
             ![Scan History section with sample data](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/cb57348c-d609-4ae6-a834-34bb55e09acc)
     5.  Click the down arrow next to the **Coverage & Data Types** section.
     6.  The table that appears is sorted by Data Type. The section displays which data types are scanned and not scanned for the selected Target.
     7.  The section displays the following information:
     8.  1.  **Data Type**: The name of data type.
         2.  **Scanned**: Indicates whether a data type is scanned or not.
         3.  **Date of Last Scan**: The date of last scan for a data type.
         4.  **Playbook**: The playbook(s) associated with the Data Type. The playbook performs its configured action (quarantine, redact, etc.) on the data type(s) displayed in the "Data Type(s)" column. Mouse over any playbook entry which shows multiple playbooks to see links to each playbook (see the image below).
         5.  1.  Click a playbook link to jump to the **Scan Playbooks** page with the scan playbook shown. Select "Manage Playbook" from the more options menu to open the Scan Playbook.  
                   
                 ![Coverage & Data Types section with sample data](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/ff01053d-cf78-4921-96dd-6a5866ed6174)
13.  Click the **Back to All Targets** link on the top of the page to go back to the **Targets** tab.