Unity Catalog | 3 levels to rule them all
In May 2021, Databricks introduced Unity Catalog (UC), promising a unified governance layer designed to streamline the organization and security of data across cloud platforms.
However, what’s harder to find are the best practices that businesses are adopting to leverage these three levels efficiently, particularly within the context of a medallion architecture. Questions like: What should a catalog represent? Should I have separate schemas for bronze, silver, and gold layers? How do I grant access to logical groups of data? These are the questions we’ll aim to provide guidance on today.
