May 2023

These features and Databricks platform improvements were released in May 2023.

Note

Releases are staged. Your Databricks account might not be updated until a week or more after the initial release date.

Create or modify table UI supports Avro, Parquet, and text file uploads

May 29, 2023

The Create or modify table UI now supports the following file types:

Avro (.avro)
Parquet (.parquet)
Text (.txt)

For more information, see Create or modify a table using file upload.

Use the add data UI to load data using Unity Catalog external locations (Public Preview)

May 29, 2023

You can now use the add data UI to load data from a cloud object storage path that’s defined as a Unity Catalog external location. For more information, see Load data using a Unity Catalog external location.

Prevent Enter key from accepting autocomplete suggestion

May 26, 2023

You can now prevent the Enter key from accepting autocomplete suggestions in the SQL editor. Select Disable enter to accept autocomplete from the kebab menu in the SQL editor.

Databricks Terraform provider updated to version 1.17.0

May 22, 2023

Databricks Terraform provider 1.17.0 removes support for releasing 32-bit binaries, adds more information on the impact of using a cluster policy in the databricks_cluster resource, and more. For more details, see the changelog for version 1.17.0.

Upload data UI supports new column data types

May 19, 2023

The upload data UI now supports the following column data types:

STRUCT
ARRAY
DECIMAL(P,S)

For more information, see Create or modify a table using file upload.

Bind Unity Catalog catalogs to specific workspaces

May 17, 2023

You can now limit catalog access to specific workspaces in your account, also known as workspace-catalog binding. This feature is especially helpful if you use workspaces to isolate user data access, for example if you have separate production and development workspaces or a dedicated workspace for handling sensitive data.

For more information, see Limit catalog access to specific workspaces.

All users can connect to Fivetran using Partner Connect (Public Preview)

May 17, 2023

The workspace admin user role is no longer required to connect to Fivetran using Partner Connect. For more information, see Connect to Fivetran using Partner Connect.

Databricks Terraform provider updated to version 1.16.1

May 16, 2023

Databricks Terraform provider 1.16.1 adds documentation for the databricks_service_principal_secret resource and Unity Catalog integration in the databricks_pipeline resource, updates documentation for the databricks_secret_scope resource, and more. For more details, see the changelog for version 1.16.1.

Databricks JDBC driver 2.6.33

May 15, 2023

We have released version 2.6.33 of the Databricks JDBC driver (download). This release adds Primary Key and Foreign Key APIs when connecting to a server that has Unity Catalog enabled.

New default theme for editor

May 12, 2023

Based on customer feedback, the default color scheme in the editor was updated for better readability.

Databricks Terraform provider updated to version 1.16.0

May 12, 2023

Databricks Terraform provider 1.16.0 adds a databricks_workspace_file resource, adds a notification_settings block to the databricks_job resource, and more. For more details, see the changelog for version 1.16.0.

Databricks Runtime 13.1 (Beta)

May 10, 2023

Databricks Runtime 13.1 and Databricks Runtime 13.1 ML are now available as Beta releases.

See Databricks Runtime 13.1 (EoS) and Databricks Runtime 13.1 for Machine Learning (EoS).

Databricks Terraform provider updated to version 1.15.0

May 5, 2023

Version 1.15.0 adds an experimental databricks_sql_table resource, adds support for running databricks_cluster init scripts from workspace files, adds missing permissions to databricks_grants, and more. For more details, see the changelog for version 1.15.0.

Account nicknames now available in the account console