Tags are not getting propagated immediately to Genie space for filtering Data Assets

[old_school]

Hi Databricks Team,

I have created a Table and added a tag to it but i couldn't see that tag immediately in the Genie Space for filtering. It seems to be an issue of eventual consistency. I added a tag to a table and it seems to take 2 days to reflect that Tag in the Genie Space.

Any work around on this ?

Thank you.

[Louis_Frolio]

Greetings @old_school , 

Thanks for raising this — I can clarify what’s going on and share practical workarounds.

What’s happening

• Genie spaces don’t support filtering by tags in the Genie UI. Tags on Genie spaces can be used for organization, but search/filter in Genie isn’t supported by those tags. That’s by design today, not an eventual consistency issue.

• Unity Catalog tags are searchable only via the workspace search UI for tables/views, not inside Genie. You can search and filter tables/views by tag keys and values in the global workspace search, but tags aren’t usable to search dashboards or Genie spaces themselves.

Recommended workarounds

• Use Workspace Search to find tables by tag, then add them to your Genie space.
  Search in the workspace top bar for the tag key/value, filter to Tables, and add the matching tables via Genie’s Configure > Data panel.

• If you need “immediate” classification inside a space, use the Genie knowledge store metadata instead of UC tags.
  Edit column descriptions, add synonyms, and define table relationships locally in the space; these edits take effect immediately within the space and don’t rely on tag indexing.

• Force a refresh of space sampling by re-adding the table.
  Remove the table from Configure > Data and add it back. This re-triggers Genie's data sampling and can help pick up recent metadata changes (independent of tag search behavior).

• Programmatic check of tag assignments if you need verification right away.
  Query Unity Catalog information schema tables (for example, INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_TAGS) to confirm the tag exists on the asset; this is immediate from UC and can be used to build views or lists you then include in Genie.

Notes and limits to be aware of

• Tag-based filtering in Genie is not currently supported. Even though you can assign tags to Genie spaces and UC assets, tag search/filter is limited to tables/views in the workspace search UI, not within Genie spaces.

• Tag search is exact-match only in workspace search. Use the precise tag key/value; fuzzy matching isn’t supported.

Hope this helps, Louis.

[CharlotteMarti2]

I’m noticing that newly added tags on tables are not appearing immediately in Genie Space for filtering. It looks like an eventual consistency issue — the tag took almost 2 days to show up. Is there any workaround or a way to force a faster sync?