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Create a Data Share

Creating a Data Share allows you with access to the data within an Asset.

A Data Share can be created for a Product to provide access to all Assets with the Product or a Data Share can be created for a specific Asset.

To be able to create a Data Share you must have

  • an active Subscription Plan to a Product that contains an Asset

  • a Share Asset Permission to Use an Asset

  • created an Asset

  • Go to My Collection and select a Product or an Asset

  • Click on the three dot menu for the chosen Product or Asset and select Set up Databricks Share

Set up a Data Share using Databricks sharing

There are 2 methods to share data held within an Asset. An Asset may be contained within a Product or be available without being associated with a Product.

Databricks-to-Databricks share

Use this option when you want to share data from its source in Databricks to your Databricks account.

  • Enter a Name for your share

  • Enter a unique Sharing Identifier for the Databricks Unity Catalog metastore you wish to use. This can be found in your Databricks instance using these instructions.

Once share is created, follow instructions to access it. To access the data in Databricks, you must create a catalog from the share. To do this, you need to be a metastore admin or other user with privileges to create catalogs.

Databricks open share

Use this option when you want to share this data to any platform that supports open sharing

  • Enter a Name for your share

Once created, you will see an activation that you can click to download a credential file to your desktop. You can use it to authenticate and securely access your shared data from Databricks in any platform or tool that supports open sharing.

Next Steps

Manage tokens for a Data share

Delete a Data share

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