# Add a New Data Element (Server)
## Introduction
This document provides step-by-step guidance on adding a new data element for server-side configuration.
## Procedure
Perform the following steps to create the Data elements on browser:
**Step 1:** Click the ***Add Data Element*** dropdown and select ***For Server***.
**Step 2:** Under the **Info** section, enter the following details in the respective fields:
| Field Name | Description |
| ------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Name | The Default Data Element Name. |
| Variable Name |
Denotes the variable name. Note: The Variable name is same as the Data Element name.
|
| Description | Enter the description of the Data Element. |
| Choose Data Element Type |
Select the appropriate data element type based on your requirements:
Server Cookie: Retrieves data from server-side cookies.
Server Header: Fetches data from HTTP headers sent by the server.
JSON Path: Extracts data from JSON responses using a specified JSON path.
|
**Step 3:** Click *Server Cookie*.
**Step 3.1:** Cookie Name: Enter the name of the cookie. This field is mandatory.
**Step 3.2:** Default Value:
Select the **Default** Value from the drop-down. If the value for a particular data element is unavailable, the default value is used.
* Undefined**:** If the data element is not supposed to be used then select Undefined.
* Empty String**:** Denotes that the data element is a string value.
* Null**:** Denotes the Null data type for the data element.
* Custom Value**:** Denotes the static value for the Data Element.
**Step 3.3:** Data Classification
Choose Data Classification:
Select the appropriate classification for the data the element represents:
* Not Applicable
* Email
* Phone Number
* IP Address
* Date
**Step 3.3.1:** Redaction Strategy:
When you select Email**,** Phone Number**,** IP Address, or Date, an additional option appears:
Choose how the sensitive data should be handled:
* Not Applicable
* Anonymize**:** Masks or transforms the data to anonymize it.
**Step 4:** Click *Server Header*.
**Step 4.1:** Header Name: Enter the name of the server header. This field is *mandatory**.***
**Step 4.2:** Default Value: Choose a fallback value if the actual data is unavailable:
* Undefined**:** If the data element is not supposed to be used then select Undefined.
* Empty String**:** Denotes that the data element is a string value.
* Null**:** Denotes the Null data type for the data element.
* Custom Value**:** Denotes the static value for the Data Element.
**Step 4.3:** Redaction
Data Classification
Choose Data Classification:
Select the appropriate classification for the data the element represents:
* Not Applicable
* Email
* Phone Number
* IP Address
* Date
**Step 4.3.1:** Redaction Strategy
When you select Email, Phone Number, IP Address, or Date, an additional option appears:
Choose how the sensitive data should be handled:
* Not Applicable
* Anonymize**:** Masks or transforms the data to anonymize it.
**Step 5:** Click Json path
**Step 5.1:** Enter the name of the JSON path data element. This field is mandatory.
**Step 5.2:** Default Value:
* Undefined**:** The data element will not be used.
* Empty String**:** Sets the value as an empty string.
* Null: Assigns a `null` value to the data element.
* Custom Value**:** Enter a static value to use by default.
**Step 5.3:** Clean\
Clean: Clears and trims any white spaces on the trailing and leading strings after collecting the data value.
**Step 5.4:** Lowercase:\
Denotes that the string needs to be in lower-case.
**Step 5.5:** Redaction
Choose Data Classification:
Select the appropriate classification for the data the element represents:
* Not Applicable
* Email
* Phone Number
* IP Address
* Date
**Step 5.5.1:** Redaction Strategy:
When you select Email**,** Phone Number, IP Address, or Date, an additional dropdown appears:
* Not Applicable**:** No redaction is applied.
* Anonymize**:** Personally identifiable information is masked or transformed.
**Step 6:** Once all the required fields are filled in, click Save
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