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Unity Catalog

DataForge supports reading from and writing to tables stored in Databricks Unity Catalog.

Requirements

Unity Catalog is enabled on the Databricks workspace and a Unity Catalog exists to read from/write to. For more information, see Databricks Unity Catalog Get Started guide.

Source Connection

Navigate to the Connections page and create a new Connection with:

  • Connection Direction: Source
  • Connection Type: Table
  • Uses Agent: No
  • Catalog: Your Unity Catalog name

Connection Metadata parameters are optional. Save and attach to Sources using Connection Type: Table.

Output Connection

Navigate to the Connections page and create a new Connection with:

  • Connection Direction: Source
  • Connection Type: Table
  • Driver: Delta Lake
  • Credentials: Implicit (already selected)

Expand Parameters and set Catalog to your Unity Catalog name. Save and attach to Outputs using Output Type: Table.