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sashakorniakUK
Jul 21, 2026Brass Contributor
Azure Databricks Unity Catalog connector - Metadata
For the Azure Databricks Unity Catalog connector, I believe Microsoft Purview scans and collects the following technical metadata: Table name View name Column names Catalog name Schema name Me...
arbiyabanu39
Jul 21, 2026Copper Contributor
Your understanding aligns well with my experience. Purview consistently discovers the Unity Catalog hierarchy (metastore, catalogs, schemas, tables/views, and columns), along with comments/descriptions, tags, and supported lineage. Table comments have also surfaced as asset descriptions in my experience, although Microsoft documents column comments more explicitly. I'd treat storage location as best-effort metadata rather than a guaranteed field, since its availability can vary by object type (especially managed vs. external tables) and connector behavior. Testing in your environment is still the best way to validate the exact metadata returned for your configuration.