topic Re: Who or what is System user? in Data Governance

Who or what is System user?

BobBubble2000 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 13:45:13 GMT

I noticed in the Catalog Explorer of an Unity Catalog integrated workspace that there is a default catalog named 'system' owned by 'System user'. Who is this system user? It is not listed in the admin dashboard of all workspace users.

Re: Who or what is System user?

MathieuDB — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:39:18 GMT

Hello @BobBubble2000 , The "System user" is a special user created by Databricks to manage these system tables and is not listed in the admin dashboard of workspace users. This user is not a typical user but rather a service account used internally by Databricks to handle system-level operations and data management within the Unity Catalog.

Hope this helps!

Re: Who or what is System user?

Walter_C — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:41:41 GMT

Is a special user account created by Databricks for managing system-level operations and configurations. This user is not listed in the admin dashboard of all workspace users because it is not a regular user account but rather a system account used internally by Databricks to manage and maintain the Unity Catalog infrastructure.