# Managing user-defined indicators

Available in...

* Big Data Platform
* Cloud API Services Platform
* Cloud Big Data Platform
* Cloud Data Fabric
* Cloud Data Management Platform
* Data Fabric
* Data Management Platform
* Data Services Platform
* MDM Platform
* Real-Time Big Data Platform

User-defined indicators, as their name indicates, are indicators created by the user. You can use these indicators to analyzed columns through a simple drag-and-drop operation from the DQ Repository tree view to the columns listed in the editor.

The management options available for user-defined indicators include: create, export/import, edit, and duplicate.

### In this section

* [Creating SQL user-defined indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/creating-sql-user-defined-indicators)
* [Defining Java user-defined indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/defining-java-user-defined-indicators)
* [Exporting user-defined indicators to an archive file](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/exporting-user-defined-indicators-to-archive-file)
* [Importing user-defined indicators](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/importing-user-defined-indicators)
* [Selecting a user-defined indicator](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/selecting-user-defined-indicator)
* [Editing a user-defined indicator](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/8.0-R2024-06/editing-user-defined-indicator)