topic Re: Databricks Runtime 13.3 - can I use Databricks Connect without Unity Catalog? in Data Engineering

Databricks Runtime 13.3 - can I use Databricks Connect without Unity Catalog?

VovaVili — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 06:28:42 GMT

Hello all,

The official documentation for Databricks Connect states that, for Databricks Runtime versions 13.0 and above, my cluster needs to have Unity Catalog enabled for me to use Databricks Connect, and use a Databricks cluster through an IDE like PyCharm. However, the situation I have at hand is the following - my cluster uses Databricks Runtime 13.3, Python 3.10.12, and it does not have Unity Catalog enabled. This sort of configuration will not change in the nearby future, so I am kind of stuck.

Is there still any way for me to use Databricks Connect with the cards I was dealt? Or am I screwed? I miss my IDE a lot, developing through the browser is a total pain for me, I hate it with passion.

Re: Databricks Runtime 13.3 - can I use Databricks Connect without Unity Catalog?

arpit — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:16:22 GMT

@VovaVili Databricks Connect version 0.205.0 only supports DBR 13.x

Re: Databricks Runtime 13.3 - can I use Databricks Connect without Unity Catalog?

mohaimen_syed — Tue, 23 Apr 2024 22:26:43 GMT

Hi, I'm currently using Databricks Connect without the Unity Catalog on VS Code. Although I have connected the Unity Catalog separately on multiple occasion I don't thing its required.
Here is the doc:
https://docs.databricks.com/en/dev-tools/databricks-connect/python/vscode.html

Re: Databricks Runtime 13.3 - can I use Databricks Connect without Unity Catalog?

VovaVili — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 16:39:28 GMT

Apologies for a belated response. Would you kindly share the kind of configuration that you have? As in, the extension version, Python version, DBR Runtime version, etc.

Re: Databricks Runtime 13.3 - can I use Databricks Connect without Unity Catalog?

ZivadinM — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 14:19:08 GMT

Did you configure databricks connect without UnitCatalog at the end? If you managed to do that can you share with me how?