Platform Defaults Getting Started
Platform Defaults (the Defaults tab in Settings) is an Admin-only surface where you set deployment-wide default values that replace Qualytics' built-in defaults. These defaults apply automatically to every new source datastore, container, and operation across your workspace, and can optionally be propagated to existing datastores and containers.
Use it to enforce workspace-wide policies around observability tracking, AI check generation, anomaly rollup, and enrichment record limits without configuring each datastore individually.
Permissions
Only users with the Admin user role can edit Platform Defaults. Users with the Manager user role can read the current values via the API but do not see the tab in the UI. See the Permissions page for the full matrix.
Deep Dive
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Introduction
What Platform Defaults are, why they exist, and where they fit into the Qualytics configuration model.
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How It Works
The three default groups (Observability, Profile, Scan), the precedence chain from Container to Global, cascade behavior, and how propagation to existing datastores works.
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Permissions
Who can view and edit Platform Defaults across the UI and the API.
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Best Practices
Rollout strategy, propagation safety, tracking-first Observability, Effort tuning, and choosing the right precedence level.
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Troubleshooting
Diagnostic paths for common issues: Effort not applying, AI checks not generating, silent capping, propagation gaps, and disabled Save.
How-tos
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Configure Observability Defaults
Set the default volume-tracking and freshness-tracking settings, and whether AI observability checks are generated automatically.
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Configure Profile Defaults
Set the default AI Effort level and whether AI-generated checks activate automatically or remain as drafts.
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Configure Scan Defaults
Set the default rollup threshold for record anomalies and the default number of source examples saved per anomaly to the enrichment datastore.
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Reset Defaults
Restore Qualytics' shipped values for the Observability, Profile, or Scan section in one click.