fix(playwright): support selecting explore left panel asset type

[harsh-vador]

Describe your changes:

Description

Adds optional support in the Explore Playwright helpers to select a specific left-panel asset type before opening an entity summary panel.

This is needed for entity types such as Knowledge Center assets, which are not covered by the existing endpoint-to-filter mapping and therefore need an explicit left-panel tab selection before locating the result card.

Screen.Recording.2026-05-04.at.7.20.28.PM.mov

Type of change:

• Bug fix
• Improvement
• New feature
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)
• Documentation

Checklist:

• I have read the CONTRIBUTING document.
• My PR title is Fixes <issue-number>: <short explanation>
• I have commented on my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas.
• For JSON Schema changes: I updated the migration scripts or explained why it is not needed.

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Summary by Gitar

• Dependency migration:
  • Migrated Databricks from sqlalchemy-databricks to databricks-sqlalchemy.

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Jest test Coverage

UI tests summary

Lines	Statements	Branches	Functions
	62.45% (62922/100755)	42.77% (33911/79285)	45.77% (10035/21924)

[gitar-bot]

Code Review ✅ Approved

Adds support to the Explore Playwright helpers for selecting specific left-panel asset types to enable proper entity summary panel navigation. No issues found.

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Quality Gate passed for 'open-metadata-ui'

Issues
1062 New issues
0 Accepted issues

Measures
17 Security Hotspots
0.0% Coverage on New Code
3.8% Duplication on New Code

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🟡 Playwright Results — all passed (10 flaky)

✅ 3988 passed · ❌ 0 failed · 🟡 10 flaky · ⏭️ 86 skipped

Shard	Passed	Failed	Flaky	Skipped
✅ Shard 1	299	0	0	4
🟡 Shard 2	752	0	2	8
🟡 Shard 3	745	0	1	7
🟡 Shard 4	773	0	2	18
🟡 Shard 5	686	0	1	41
🟡 Shard 6	733	0	4	8

🟡 10 flaky test(s) (passed on retry)

• Features/ActivityAPI.spec.ts › Activity event is created when description is updated (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Features/ActivityAPI.spec.ts › Activity event shows the actor who made the change (shard 2, 1 retry)
• Flow/PersonaFlow.spec.ts › Set default persona for team should work properly (shard 3, 1 retry)
• Pages/DataContracts.spec.ts › Create Data Contract and validate for File (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/DataContractsSemanticRules.spec.ts › Validate Description Rule Is_Not_Set (shard 4, 1 retry)
• Pages/ExplorePageRightPanel.spec.ts › Should allow Data Consumer to edit description for table (shard 5, 1 retry)
• Pages/Glossary.spec.ts › Glossary Term Update in Glossary Page should persist tree (shard 6, 1 retry)
• Pages/Lineage/LineageFilters.spec.ts › Verify lineage schema filter selection (shard 6, 1 retry)
• Pages/Lineage/LineageRightPanel.spec.ts › Verify custom properties tab IS visible for supported type: searchIndex (shard 6, 1 retry)
• Pages/ServiceEntity.spec.ts › Tier Add, Update and Remove (shard 6, 1 retry)

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# Download playwright-test-results-<shard> artifact and unzip
npx playwright show-trace path/to/trace.zip    # view trace

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Code Review ✅ Approved

Adds support to the Explore Playwright helpers for selecting specific left-panel asset types to enable proper entity summary panel navigation. No issues found.

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Changes have been cherry-picked to the 1.13 branch.

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Changes have been cherry-picked to the 1.12.7 branch.