Compute tab doesn't show and doesn't give the option to create a cluster

[sminamioka]

I've just created an Azure Databricks workspace, tier (Premium) and when trying to create a cluster, when I click on compute, the UI opens automatically the menu SQL Warehouse, not sure if it's a glitch as shown below. Someone said "Ask the admin to enable: “Allow unrestricted cluster creation” for your user/group", but I couldn't find this option at all. What has changed? Previously when I clicked straightaway in "compute" I freely could create a cluster, all of a sudden this changes with a simple topic? It just makes life harder this changes.

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[amirabedhiafi]

Hi  !

You are probably seeing only SQL Warehouses because your user or group does not currently have permission to create classic compute.

You need to grant allow unrestricted cluster creation or assign a compute policy such as personal compute. After that, the create compute or cluster option should appear again.

[szymon_dybczak]

Hi @sminamioka ,

Check if you have Allow unrestricted cluster creation entitelment enabled. Workspace users are granted Workspace access and Databricks SQL access by default through their membership in the users group. So I guess you just don't have required compute entitlement -> "Allow unrestricted cluster creation"

Manage entitlements - Azure Databricks | Microsoft Learn

If my answer was helpful, please consider marking it as accepted solution.

[sminamioka]

I've tried to find this entitlement and it's not longer there. After researching about it, it seems Databricks wont allow clusters to be executed as default, it seems the Serverless will be the main approach. 

Thank you anyways

[DataEngineer38]

Hi!

What you’re seeing is likely because your user account (or the group you belong to) doesn’t currently have permission to create clusters, which is why only SQL Warehouses are showing under Compute.

To fix this, an admin needs to either enable “unrestricted cluster creation” for your user/group or assign you a compute policy (for example, a personal compute policy). Once that’s done, the option to create clusters should appear again as usual.

[gcj0310]

Hi @sminamioka 

This does not look like a UI glitch. In newer Azure Databricks workspaces, access to classic compute / clusters depends on workspace entitlements and compute policy permissions.

If clicking Compute takes you directly to SQL Warehouses, and you do not see the Policies tab or Create compute option, your user likely has only SQL-related access or does not have permission to create all-purpose/job compute.

The common suggestion “Allow unrestricted cluster creation” is one fix, but there is another way to fix this.

1. Confirm that your user/group has Workspace access entitlement.
2. Assign your user/group to an approved compute policy, for example Personal Compute.

This might help resolve the issue. If the solution works please accept it so that it'll help other users too.