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I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

parulpaul — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:47:37 GMT

I am trying to set up Unity Catalog in Azure Databricks following this documentation Unity Catalog, but I do not find "Create Metastore" and "Create Metastore" on Databricks.

Please help with the same, how can I enable Unity Catalog.

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

Harun — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:39:42 GMT

Hi @Parul Paul ,

Kindly check whether you are having the below requirements before proceeding with the UC creation steps.

Requirements:

Databricks account admin can only create a metastore and assign a metastore admin. In AAD, Global administrators is the default databricks account admin who can delegate it to other group/user.
A cluster to access Unity Catalog should set its access mode to either single user or shared access mode and Databricks runtime version to Runtime: 11.1 (Scala 2.12, Spark 3.2.1) or higher.

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

Cami — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 20:54:30 GMT

I don't know where exactly you are with creating UC, but the person who creates it in Azure must belong to the Azure Active Directory Global Administrator group and log in at https://accounts.azuredatabricks.net/.

It is required to create separate storage for metastore ( in the same region where your workspaces reside) and an Access Connector for Azure Databricks to access data on metastore storage.

With these things it should go straightforward.

Links below

Creation Azure Connector for Azure Databricks
Metastore creation

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

parulpaul — Thu, 22 Dec 2022 04:09:57 GMT

It works after enabling Global administrators in ADD.

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

Prabakar — Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:11:34 GMT

Hi @Parul Paul its glad that the issue is resolved. COuld you please mark the best answer so this thread can be closed?

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

parulpaul — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 04:09:56 GMT

This issue is resolved. Thank you @Camilla Lok and @Harun for the suggestions.

It works fine after enabling Global administrators in Azure Active Directory .

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

Nhan_Nguyen — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:20:31 GMT

Nice sharing, I also have this issue on my side

Re: I do not find "Create Catalog "and "Create Metastore" on Azure Databricks.

harika5991 — Tue, 06 May 2025 21:18:47 GMT

Hi @Harun,

Can you please guide me on how to enable Global Administrators in ADD?

I created a Databricks workspace via the Azure Portal using the Trial (Premium - 14-Days Free DBUs) plan. The workspace name is `easewithdata-adb`.However,I do not currently see the option to create a Unity Catalog Metastore from within the Catalog tab.
I believe this may be because I am not assigned the Account Admin role in the Databricks Account Console, even though I created the workspace.