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Data Security at the level of columns or rows or Data masking

BS_THE_ANALYST — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 22:38:30 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'm currently going through the Data Analyst learning path. I've just learned about Dynamic Views and I wanted to share the article on them: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/views/dynamic#before-you-begin

There are some limitations on using them:

A SQL warehouse.
Compute with standard access mode (formerly shared access mode).
Compute with dedicated access mode (formerly single user access mode) on Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS or above.

But if that's not a problem, then they're awesome!

The example provided in the docs:

It's just awesome to see how simple it is. Just leveraging a CASE statement and group memberships. And you can use the same technique for Rows/Columns/Masking.

I'm curious to see if anyone has used them and has feedback on what they're like in production!

All the best,
BS

Re: Data Security at the level of columns or rows or Data masking

Louis_Frolio — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:57:52 GMT

@BS_THE_ANALYST Cool stuff, right! Have read about Attribute-based Access Control (ABAC) yet? Check it out: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/data-governance/unity-catalog/abac/

Let me know what you think.

Cheers, Louis.

Re: Data Security at the level of columns or rows or Data masking

szymon_dybczak — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:10:43 GMT

ABAC is something that my organization was waiting for so long. Can't wait till it leaves beta, so I can implement it in our environment. Cool stuff! 😁