topic Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform? in Data Engineering

Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

JameDavi_51481 — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 15:30:00 GMT

We use Terraform to manage most of our infrastructure, and I would like to extend this to Unity Catalog. However, we are extensive users of tagging to categorize our datasets, and the only programmatic method I can find for adding tags is to use SQL commands. This completely breaks the declarative model of schema management and forces us to use an imperative model. Is there no way to manage tags through Terraform?

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

JameDavi_51481 — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 13:22:02 GMT

This is a pretty crucial missing feature, I hope this feedback can be passed along to the relevant teams.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

TMD — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:52:04 GMT

Hello,

Is there a plan for the Databricks TF provider support tagging in the near future?

Thanks.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

jakubigla — Fri, 03 May 2024 10:29:30 GMT

huge databricks client here: we also need this

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

TMD — Mon, 13 May 2024 16:58:20 GMT

Hello Databricks folks,

Is there a plan for the Databricks TF provider support tagging of UC catalog objects in the near future?

Tags are critical in multi-tenants environments.

Thanks.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

JameDavi_51481 — Mon, 13 May 2024 17:18:41 GMT

FYI, one of our engineers put up a PR over a month ago during an offsprint to add tag support to the Terraform provider, but had to move on to other projects due to the slow review process. It seems pretty easy for someone from the Databricks team to pick this up and get it over the finish line since multiple companies are requesting it. https://github.com/databricks/terraform-provider-databricks/pull/3268

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

TMD — Mon, 13 May 2024 17:25:59 GMT

Thanks @JameDavi_51481

Guess extending the suggested changes to cover all applicable UC objects (catalogs, schemas, tables, etc.) would address the concern/request.

Thanks.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

TMD — Mon, 13 May 2024 17:33:50 GMT

created idea: https://ideas.databricks.com/ideas/DBE-I-1408

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

dbruehlmeier — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 11:56:11 GMT

Having tags with terraform would help a lot. Add them on cluster and schema level is crucial. Looking forward for an update about the open PR.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

Simen_Holmestad — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 11:20:26 GMT

Is there any progress on this? It would be a really nice feature to be able to tag schemas and tables through Terraform.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

tscomitre-rt — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 23:59:24 GMT

It seems very frustrating to many of the users and not to say probably the big clients, waiting over a year for this feature. Anyone from Databricks that could raise this internally to get it done-done would be very appreciated.

Re: Can we add tags to Unity Catalog through Terraform?

jlieow — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 10:13:58 GMT

In case anyone comes across this, have a look at databricks_entity_tag_assignment and see if it suits your needs.