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Cannot delete Unity Catalog metastore using Terraform

Set force_destroy in the databricks_metastore section of the Terraform configuration to delete a metastore and its catalog....

Last updated: December 21st, 2022 by sivaprasad.cs

Overlapping paths error when querying both Hive and Unity Catalog tables

If a Hive table and a Unity Catalog table both refer to the same external storage path you cannot query them in the same notebook cell....

Last updated: January 20th, 2023 by John.Lourdu

Unable to access Delta Sharing tables with a Python client

You must ensure that your client IP is whitelisted in the Azure firewall....

Last updated: February 24th, 2023 by John.Lourdu

Failed to create query error when upgrading external metastore to Unity Catalog

The "Create query for upgrade" command only works when run on a warehouse in Data Explorer....

Last updated: March 15th, 2023 by Atanu.Sarkar

SYNC command fails with a mismatched input error

Unity Catalog must be enabled on your cluster before you can use SYNC to migrate a legacy Hive table to Unity Catalog....

Last updated: April 11th, 2023 by John.Lourdu

Unable to access Unity Catalog views

You cannot access a view if you do not have sufficient permissions on the underlying table....

Last updated: May 10th, 2023 by John.Lourdu

INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE.LOCATION_OVERLAP: overlaps with managed storage error

External tables cannot overlap with catalog/schema storage locations. They should be created in a subdirectory instead....

Last updated: June 7th, 2023 by simran.arora

Cluster-scoped init script to Unity Catalog volume migration notebook

Easily migrate your cluster-scoped init scripts to Unity Catalog volumes....

Last updated: August 28th, 2023 by Adam Pavlacka

List all available tables and their source formats in Unity Catalog

Use system.information_schema.tables to display available table names and their data source formats....

Last updated: February 22nd, 2024 by Jose Gonzalez

No way to restore dropped managed volumes

To reduce risk, always use external volumes for operations that require frequent schema changes. ...

Last updated: September 12th, 2024 by akash.bhat

Unsupported path error when creating an external table

Create the table in a different location that does not overlap with the external volume. ...

Last updated: September 23rd, 2024 by pooja.s

Azure Synapse Analytics (formerly SQL Data Warehouse) federated queries throwing "Invalid object name 'dbo.date'" error

Set the collation for the database in the dedicated SQL pool to "SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS". ...

Last updated: September 13th, 2024 by allia.khosla

You get an Insufficient privileges on __databricks_internal catalog error when attempting to query DLT pipeline views

You should not access the __databricks_internal catalog directly. It is an internal catalog used for DLT pipeline materializations....

Last updated: October 1st, 2024 by julian.campabadal

Failure to initialize configuration for storage account while registering a model serving model in Unity Catalog

An external location must be provisioned during the initial Unity Catalog configuration....

Last updated: October 15th, 2024 by alberto.umana

Find your metastore ID

Step-by-step instructions to find the metastore ID....

Last updated: October 25th, 2024 by david.vega

Unable to view, delete, or drop an external location in the UI or through commands, even with admin privileges

Use metastore admin rights to change ownership to yourself or the required user, and then manage. ...

Last updated: November 4th, 2024 by girish.sharma

Error [DELTA_UNSUPPORTED_TIME_TRAVEL_MULTIPLE_FORMATS] while creating VIEW

Use a three-level namespace to CREATE VIEW based on UC table version. ...

Last updated: November 14th, 2024 by MuthuLakshmi.AN

Circular reference error when trying to apply row filter function in Databricks SQL analytics

Remove the circular reference in the row filter configuration....

Last updated: December 12th, 2024 by caio.cominato

Comments not reflecting on Unity Catalog tables

Update the Apache Spark configuration to enable automatic metadata updates. ...

Last updated: December 12th, 2024 by guruprasad.bn

Job failing when trying to write dataset to external path

Clarify which table is using which location on a selected schema. ...

Last updated: December 13th, 2024 by MuthuLakshmi.AN

Bad Request error when creating a table from a shared catalog

Upgrade the client’s Databricks Runtime version or disable the enableDeletionVectors property on the source table....

Last updated: December 23rd, 2024 by girish.sharma

Need to track DBU consumption per cluster and present clusters in the workspace

Use system tables to query DBU consumption....

Last updated: January 14th, 2025 by raahat.varma

Delta external table metadata does not match the Catalog explorer view

Run the MSCK REPAIR command. ...

Last updated: January 14th, 2025 by Rajeev kannan Thangaiah

How to find Delta table name based on table id

Use system.information_schema.tables to identify the Delta table name from table id....

Last updated: January 16th, 2025 by Rajeev kannan Thangaiah

Model lineage not showing source Delta tables in the graph for Databricks Runtime 15.3 or above

Load the data using MLflow load_delta format and log the input....

Last updated: January 28th, 2025 by G Yashwanth Kiran

"Duplicate tag keys are not allowed" when updating table tag keys

All tag keys must be lower case after 19th November 2024....

Last updated: January 30th, 2025 by daniel.ruiz

Unable to access secrets using instance profile in shared access mode

Use a single-user access mode cluster instead....

Last updated: January 31st, 2025 by Gihyeon Lee

“Unresolvable Table Valued Function” error when trying to execute CREATE OR REPLACE on a table with read and write permissions

Ask the table owner to transfer ownership to you or execute CREATE or REPLACE commands for you....

Last updated: February 12th, 2025 by Rolando García Vargas

Error [JVM_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SUPPORTED] when trying to obtain the number of partitions in a Dataframe

Switch to single-user cluster or use the spark_partition_id() function in a shared cluster....

Last updated: February 19th, 2025 by manikandan.ganesan

Using Terraform to rename a metastore in Unity Catalog destroys and recreates it instead

Use the REST API or the Unity Catalog CLI to rename the metastore....

Last updated: February 26th, 2025 by jeremy.ramirez

Error creating tables on foreign catalogs in Databricks Lakehouse Federation

You should create tables directly in the external data source and access them through Unity Catalog....

Last updated: March 3rd, 2025 by Gihyeon Lee

PyJError when using the toJson method in standard access mode compute

Change the method from toJson to safeToJson....

Last updated: March 8th, 2025 by Gihyeon Lee

Insufficient permission error when querying views in dedicated access mode

Grant necessary privileges, use alternative compute resources, or use a newer Databricks Runtime....

Last updated: March 8th, 2025 by Gihyeon Lee

Error when trying to load a dataset after integrating Unity Catalog metadata with Power BI

Increase the byte limit in your ODBC settings and use the native query option in Power BI....

Last updated: March 12th, 2025 by guruprasad.bn

Permission denied error when trying to run VACUUM command on Unity Catalog table with dedicated compute (formerly single-user cluster)

Use shared compute instead, or ensure proper access permissions to both the source and cloned tables. ...

Last updated: March 13th, 2025 by guruprasad.bn

Error listDatabases() method is not allowlisted when running CatalogImpl.listDatabases() on a no isolation shared cluster

Update to Databricks Runtime 14.1 or above....

Last updated: March 20th, 2025 by jose.salgado

Not found 404 errors when selecting system tables

Update DNS resolution to reach the current and correct storage endpoint....

Last updated: March 22nd, 2025 by jeremy.ramirez

Unable to access Unity Catalog tables using Power BI desktop or Tableau

Use UC-enabled clusters with supported access modes, update your Databricks Runtime version, and check ODBC Driver configuration....

Last updated: March 25th, 2025 by kingshuk.das

RESOURCE_DOES_NOT_EXIST error when creating a managed table

Ensure the root storage account for your metastore is valid and accessible....

Last updated: March 27th, 2025 by kingshuk.das

Trying to write Excel files to a Unity Catalog volume fails

Write the Excel files to local storage first and then copy the file to a volume location....

Last updated: April 7th, 2025 by parth.sundarka

List users who executed SELECT command against a list of schemas using system access table

Query the audit logs in the system.access.audit table....

Last updated: April 14th, 2025 by julian.campabadal

Cannot see how to query the number of users per workspace in SQL Analytics

Use system tables to find the user count....

Last updated: April 14th, 2025 by ismael.khalique

Metastore admin group was accidentally deleted, no access to the owned catalogs or underlying data

Sync the group from your SCIM provider; otherwise recreate the group and assign necessary permissions....

Last updated: April 16th, 2025 by aishwarya.sood

Queries to access files on a Unity Catalog volume fail with FileNotFound error

Download the file from the Unity Catalog volume using the Databricks SDK and then read the file....

Last updated: April 28th, 2025 by sravya.tanguturi

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