Catalogs

next level: schema

Catalog

The primary unit of data organization

System catalog

Give the notebook id (presented as object_id or resource_id in a value format of 3674839001807684), there is no table/view to query the notebook path

• Solution: You can get it by Databricks SDK

Shared catalog

• sample schemas in catalog samples
• It is available only when SQL warehouse is started

Type

• Workspace catalog: default catalog in all new workspaces.
  • Auto provision requires Unity Catalog enabled before workspace provision
  • Access: All users in your workspace have access to it
  • Recommended place for users to manage data objects
  • ?aws is an exception