ALTER CATALOG

Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 10.4 LTS and above check marked yes Unity Catalog only

Transfers the ownership of a catalog to a new principal or applies tags to a catalog.

Syntax 

ALTER CATALOG [ catalog_name ]
 { [ SET ] OWNER TO principal
   SET TAGS ( { tag_name = tag_value } [, ...] ) |
   UNSET TAGS ( tag_name [, ...] ) } }

Parameters

  • catalog_name

    The name of the catalog to be altered. If you provide no name the default is hive_metastore.

  • [ SET ] OWNER TO principal

    Transfers ownership of the catalog to principal.

    Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 11.3 LTS and above

    SET is allowed as an optional keyword.

  • SET TAGS ( { tag_name = tag_value } [, …] )

    Apply tags to the catalog. You need to have use_catalog permission to apply a tag to a catalog. See USE CATALOG.

    Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 13.3 LTS and above

  • UNSET TAGS ( tag_name [, …] )

    Remove tags from the catalog. You need to have use_catalog permission to apply a tag to a catalog.

    Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime 13.3 LTS and above

  • tag_name

    A literal STRING. The tag_name must be unique within the catalog.

  • tag_value

    A literal STRING.

Examples 

-- Creates a catalog named `some_cat`.
> CREATE CATALOG some_cat;

-- Transfer ownership of the catalog to another user
> ALTER CATALOG some_cat OWNER TO `alf@melmak.et`;

-- Applies three tags to the catalog named `test`.
> ALTER CATALOG test SET TAGS ('tag1' = 'val1', 'tag2' = 'val2', 'tag3' = 'val3');

-- Removes three tags from the catalog named `test`.
> ALTER CATALOG test UNSET TAGS ('tag1', 'tag2', 'tag3');