topic Re: Unable to get external groups from list group details API in Administration & Architecture

Unable to get external groups from list group details API

naveenanto — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:04:09 GMT

Hi Team,
I see that automatic group sync is enabled in our azure databricks by default but I am not able to get the groups using list groups endpoint. What is the right way to get it. I've an automated process to bring certain account groups to workspace.

Re: Unable to get external groups from list group details API

nayan_wylde — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:29:50 GMT

May be you can try using the sdk.

https://databricks-sdk-py.readthedocs.io/en/latest/account/iam/groups.html

Re: Unable to get external groups from list group details API

naveenanto — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:27:13 GMT

I'm not sure how it'll be exposed in SDK without it being in API but still I tried it using java-sdk (latest 0.54.0) and I still don't get the response for externally added groups

Re: Unable to get external groups from list group details API

szymon_dybczak — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:46:25 GMT

Hi @naveenanto ,

Maybe you are using wrong endpoint? According to the documentation:

"When automatic identity management is enabled, you can directly search in identity federated workspaces for Microsoft Entra ID users, service principals, and groups, and add them to your workspace."

I think this feature will bring Entra Id group to the workspace. Try to use endpoint from below link, which should list all groups associated with Databricks workspace. The one that you used before was checking for groups associated with account level.

List group details. | Groups API | REST API reference | Azure Databricks

Re: Unable to get external groups from list group details API

szymon_dybczak — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 20:22:12 GMT

I checked it and I can confirm that it worked. I enabled automatic identity management, then I've added EntraId group to the workspace and using above endpoint I was able to get information about that group.