Technical Tip: Unable to create a DLP profile rule with only file-type set in the GUI

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Description	This article describes the error encountered where a DLP Sensor is a mandatory field when attempting to create a DLP profile rule of only file-type in the GUI.
Scope	FortiGate v7.4, v7.6.
Solution	When navigating to Security Profiles -> Data Loss Prevention -> [Profile Tab] -> Create New -> New Rule, the following error can be encountered after attempting to save a file-type only rule: Workaround. Create a File Type in the CLI config dlp filepattern     edit 300         set name "JPEG Type"             config entries                 edit "JPEG"                     set filter-type type                     set file-type jpeg                 next             end     next end Create a File-Type only profile rule in the CLI. config dlp profile     edit "Block JPEG"         config rule             edit 1                 set proto smtp pop3 imap http-get http-post ftp nntp cifs                 set file-type 300                 set action block             next         end     next end This issue has a tentative fix in v7.4.8 and v7.6.4.