Google Drive ingestion pipeline failing – “Google Drive file system is not enabled”

[hj648]

Hello Databricks Community,

I am using Databricks Free Edition and trying to ingest a CSV file from Google Drive using Data Engineering → Data Ingestion → Ingest data from Google Drive.

The pipeline validation is failing with the following error:

Pipeline validation error
Error while reading file from Google Drive
Google Drive file system is not enabled

I am the workspace admin, but under Settings → Workspace admin, I do not see a Previews option or any option to enable Google Drive/Lakeflow Connect for Google Drive.

I would like to know:

1. How can I enable the Google Drive file system in Databricks Free Edition?
2. Is Google Drive ingestion available for Free Edition workspaces?
3. If it requires account-level enablement, is there any way for a Free Edition workspace admin to enable it?
4. Is this error related to my Google Drive configuration, or is the Google Drive connector unavailable/not enabled in my workspace?

I am trying to ingest orderscsv.csv from my Google Drive into a Unity Catalog table in my Databricks workspace.

Thank you.

[Sumit_7]

@hj648 First assumption is that may be its the limitation of Free edition. Other members may help here.

[hj648]

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll check whether this limitation is specific to the Free edition. Appreciate your help!

[ShamenParis · Accepted solution]

Hi @hj648 , Google authentication is limited on the Databricks free edition.

For more information: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/getting-started/free-edition-limitations

[sridhar_dbx]

Lakeflow Connect for Google Drive requires Serverless Compute and Unity Catalog Account-level feature flags. Databricks Community / Free Edition runs on a restricted, shared classic compute environment where Lakeflow Connect preview connectors and serverless ingestion infrastructure are disabled.