# Operations

Source: https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/overview/

Operations are the actions Qualytics runs against a datastore, including source and enrichment datastores. They cover refreshing its inventory, profiling content, scanning data, exporting metadata to an enrichment destination, and promoting checks between environments. Each execution is saved as a **Run**, with its status, duration, summary metrics, and a downloadable report, so every workflow can be audited and re-run later.

- **Runs**

  Every operation execution is recorded as a Run. Learn the row anatomy, the lifecycle (Queued → Running → Success/Failure/Aborted), and the actions (Abort, Resume, Rerun, Delete) available in each state.

  [Runs](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/runs/getting-started/)
- **Sync**

  Refreshes the inventory of containers, their schemas, and incremental identifiers from the source datastore.

  [Sync](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/sync/sync/)
- **Profile**

  Analyzes the content of selected containers to compute statistics and infer baseline quality checks.

  [Profile](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/profile/profile/)
- **Scan**

  Runs the datastore's quality checks against the data and writes detected anomalies to the linked enrichment destination.

  [Scan](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/scan/getting-started/)
- **External Scan**

  Validates data you provide (a CSV, XLS, or XLSX file in the app, or records through the API) against the checks defined on a container, so the findings appear in the Activity tab.

  [External Scan](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/external-scan/external-scan/)
- **Export Operation**

  Writes anomalies, quality checks, or field profiles to the linked enrichment destination for reporting, analysis, and audit trails.

  [Export Operation](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/export-operation/getting-started/)
- **Materialize Operation**

  Writes a snapshot of selected containers into the enrichment destination so they become available for further analysis, scanning, or export.

  [Materialize Operation](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/materialize-operation/materialize-operation/)
- **Promote**

  Copies metadata (quality checks, computed fields, computed tables, and computed files) between source datastores. Use to roll out checks from staging to production or to keep environments aligned.

  [Promote](https://userguide.qualytics.io/operations/promote/overview/)

*Last updated: October 7, 2026.*