Lakeflow Designer, DAB & Git

[absan]

Hi, i'm trying to understand the process and configuration needed to get the new Lakeflow designer, DAB and Git Folder play together.

What i've done:

1. Created an empty Github repository and created a Git Folder for it in Databricks
2. In the Git Folder i created (but not deployed) a DAB lakeflow declarative template. At this stage i have the workspace files in my git folder, but if i try to open the files they are not opened in the new Designer.
3. I then deploy the bundle a dev pipeline gets created and i can open it with Designer. However, the root of this dev pipeline is now pointing to /.bundle folder and not to my git folder so changes i make are not tracked.

If instead in step 2, i create AND deploy the DAB template, a dev pipeline also gets created but the its root folder is actually set to my git folder and not the /.bundle

Something doesn't seem quite right but being new i don't know what the right way should look like. Appreciate any insights.

[SP_6721 · Accepted solution]

Hi @absan ,

It’s recommended to create and deploy your DAB templates from within the Git folder, as this ensures the pipeline’s root is set correctly to that folder.