diff --git a/src/components/LinkToSchemaObject/LinkToSchemaObject.tsx b/src/components/LinkToSchemaObject/LinkToSchemaObject.tsx
index d8f2a7d07..92a44f8a8 100644
--- a/src/components/LinkToSchemaObject/LinkToSchemaObject.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LinkToSchemaObject/LinkToSchemaObject.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type {Location} from 'history';
 
 import {Link, type LinkProps} from '@gravity-ui/uikit';
 
-import {getSchemaObjectPath, parseQuery} from '../../routes';
+import {createExternalUILink, parseQuery} from '../../routes';
 
 interface LinkToSchemaObjectProps extends LinkProps {
     path: string;
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ interface LinkToSchemaObjectProps extends LinkProps {
 
 export function LinkToSchemaObject({path, location, ...props}: LinkToSchemaObjectProps) {
     const queryParams = parseQuery(location);
-    const pathToSchemaObject = getSchemaObjectPath({
+    const pathToSchemaObject = createExternalUILink({
         ...queryParams,
         schema: path,
     });
diff --git a/src/containers/Tenant/Info/ExternalTable/ExternalTable.tsx b/src/containers/Tenant/Info/ExternalTable/ExternalTable.tsx
index f3dafcc18..1544fd2d9 100644
--- a/src/containers/Tenant/Info/ExternalTable/ExternalTable.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Tenant/Info/ExternalTable/ExternalTable.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import block from 'bem-cn-lite';
 
 import type {TEvDescribeSchemeResult} from '../../../../types/api/schema';
 import {useTypedSelector} from '../../../../utils/hooks';
-import {getSchemaObjectPath, parseQuery} from '../../../../routes';
+import {createExternalUILink, parseQuery} from '../../../../routes';
 import {formatCommonItem} from '../../../../components/InfoViewer/formatters';
 import {InfoViewer, InfoViewerItem} from '../../../../components/InfoViewer';
 import {ExternalLinkWithIcon} from '../../../../components/ExternalLinkWithIcon/ExternalLinkWithIcon';
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ const ExternalTable = ({data, prepareData}: ExternalTableProps) => {
     const location = useLocation();
     const query = parseQuery(location);
 
-    const pathToDataSource = getSchemaObjectPath({
+    const pathToDataSource = createExternalUILink({
         ...query,
         schema: data?.PathDescription?.ExternalTableDescription?.DataSourcePath,
     });
diff --git a/src/routes.ts b/src/routes.ts
index 0ed3ce352..98975bad1 100644
--- a/src/routes.ts
+++ b/src/routes.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ export function createHref(
 
 // embedded version could be located in some folder (e.g. host/some_folder/app_router_path)
 // window.location has the full pathname, while location from router ignores path to project
-export const getSchemaObjectPath = (query = {}) =>
+// this navigation assumes page reloading
+export const createExternalUILink = (query = {}) =>
     createHref(window.location.pathname, undefined, query);
 
 export default routes;