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Who can use this feature?
Users with the profiles:manage permission. This permission is included in the built-in Owner and Admin roles

Superblocks has three built-in environments that map to your development lifecycle:
EnvironmentDescription
EditWhere developers build your apps
PreviewWhere changes are reviewed before going live
ProductionWhere your live applications run
Data tags let you tag different data segments — such as Staging, Production, or us-east — and control which environments each tag is allowed in. Environments page Once created, data tags are associated with integration configurations and data plane deployments, which are covered below. Your Superblocks account comes with two built-in data tags, Development and Production.

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Create a data tag

Admins can create new data tags to represent different data environments, regions, or stages. To add a data tag:
  1. Navigate to the Environments page under Organization Settings
  2. Click Add Data Tag
  3. Provide a unique name and key for your data tag
  4. Select which environments (Edit, Preview, Production) this data tag is allowed in
  5. Click Create
Create a data tag

Each data tag has a unique alphanumeric key. The key can be customized when creating the data tag but cannot be changed after creation to prevent references from breaking.

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Environment assignment

When creating or editing a data tag, you decide which environments it can be used in. This gives admins control over data access:
  • A tag allowed only in Edit and Preview keeps that data source out of production
  • A tag allowed only in Production ensures production credentials are never used during development
  • A tag allowed in all three environments can be used anywhere
Once you’ve created a data tag, you can start:

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Configure integration credentials

In Superblocks, integrations can have multiple configurations to connect to different database instances or API servers. Each configuration is linked to one or more data tags. When you create a new integration, Superblocks automatically generates two configurations:
ConfigurationData tags includedDescription
Non-Production (Default)All data tags where none of their allowed environments is ProductionSafe for development and testing
ProductionAll data tags where at least one allowed environment is ProductionIsolated production credentials
You can add additional configurations as needed. To update or add configurations:
  1. Navigate to Integrations and search for your integration or create a new one
  2. To add a configuration, click the ➕ icon for “Add new configuration” and select the data tag(s)
  3. Fill out the configuration form with values specific to the selected data tags
  4. Click Test Connection to verify connectivity
  5. Create or Save your changes
Default integration configurations

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Using data tags

For details on how to use data tags in your Applications, see Using data tags.

Data tags were previously called profiles. The core concept is the same — admins now have more control over which data tags are allowed in each environment.