External Tags

External Tags in Qualytics make it easy to keep your data catalog and Qualytics in sync — so you never have to create the same tags twice.

They automatically bring in tags (like Customer Data, Finance, PII, etc.) from platforms such as Atlan or Alation, and apply them to the same data assets inside Qualytics.

What Are External Tags?

External Tags are tags that come from an external data catalog, not from Qualytics itself.
They’re read-only, meaning you can view and use them in Qualytics, but can’t edit or delete them there.

Instead, they stay connected to your catalog — whenever your catalog updates, Qualytics updates too.

Example

Let’s say your team uses Atlan to tag assets with labels like:

Finance Data – for tables related to financial reports
Customer Data – for customer information
PII – for sensitive or personally identifiable data

Once Atlan is integrated, Qualytics will automatically import these same tags and show them as External Tags.
You’ll see them in the tag list, filters, and on relevant assets — always in sync with your catalog.

Why External Tags Matter

Without External Tags, teams often have to create the same tags separately in Qualytics — leading to confusion and duplicate work.
With External Tags, you get:

Consistency — the same tags appear across Atlan, Alation, and Qualytics
Automatic sync — no need to manually recreate or update tags
Unified visibility — see data quality insights for each tag
Governance alignment — your existing tagging standards stay intact

In short, External Tags help Qualytics “speak the same language” as your data catalog.

How It Works (Simple View)

Step	What Happens
1	You connect Atlan, Alation, or another supported catalog to Qualytics under Settings → Integrations.
2	Qualytics uses a secure API connection to read your catalog’s tags.
3	Those tags appear inside Qualytics automatically as External Tags.
4	Whenever a tag or asset updates in your catalog, Qualytics syncs those changes.
5	You can filter, sort, or view these tags — but editing happens in the catalog itself.

Real-Life Example

Imagine your company runs both a data catalog (Atlan) and a data quality platform (Qualytics).

In Atlan, your governance team adds a tag called “Sensitive Data” to all customer-related tables.
When synced, Qualytics automatically imports this tag and marks it as External.
Now, your data quality team can filter all anomalies or checks by “Sensitive Data” — without ever tagging them manually.
If the governance team later renames the tag to “Confidential Data”, Qualytics updates automatically.

This creates a single, reliable view of your data health — using the same tags everywhere.

Use Cases

Here are a few practical examples of how teams use External Tags:

Governance Teams

Use External Tags to track which datasets are PII, Customer Data, or Financial Records — without managing tags in multiple places.

Data Engineers

Quickly filter quality checks in Qualytics by tags synced from your catalog — for example, view all Finance datasets with active anomalies.

Compliance & Risk Teams

Easily identify sensitive assets tagged as GDPR or Confidential and monitor their data quality.

Business Analysts

Filter dashboards and reports by External Tags like Sales, Marketing, or Customer Behavior to analyze data quality in context.

Example in Action

Let’s take a real example:

In Atlan, a governance user tags three tables as Finance.
Qualytics syncs with Atlan → those three tables now show Finance (External) tags in Qualytics.
When viewing anomalies in Qualytics, you can filter by Finance to check if those datasets have open data quality issues.
The moment the tag changes in Atlan, Qualytics updates it automatically — no manual work needed.

Key Takeaways

External Tags come from platforms like Atlan or Alation.
They are read-only in Qualytics but automatically stay up-to-date.
You can filter, view, and analyze your data quality using these tags.
All updates happen through integration — keeping catalog and Qualytics perfectly aligned.