Question on assigning email_notification_group to DLT Job Notifications?

[surajitDE]

Hi Folks,

I wanted to check if there’s a way to assign an email notification group to a Delta Live Tables (DLT) job for notifications.

I know that it’s possible to configure Teams workflows and email notification groups for Databricks jobs, but in the DLT UI, I don’t see any option to attach an existing email notification group . The interface in DLT only allows manually entering individual email addresses for notifications.

Could you please confirm if there’s currently a way to link a email user group (or an existing notification group resource) directly to a DLT job for alerting purposes?

[Khaja_Zaffer]

Hello @surajitDE 

As of now : there is no direct way to assign an existing email notification group (or any pre-configured notification destination resource) to a DLT pipeline for alerting.

alternative : 

 If you want notifications I'd check out Alerts in DB SQL. You can set custom Alert Destinations and create SQL queries for fine-grained control. For example, you can manage jobs to schedule a DLT pipeline to run and then trigger an alert right after to send an email with how many rows were processed or how many rows failed.

Else:

Wrap DLT in a Job Workflow: Create a Databricks job that triggers your DLT pipeline as a task. Configure notifications on the job level using existing email groups or third-party integrations (e.g., Teams, Slack, webhooks). This supports group references via the Jobs API. 

Example: Use the REST API to create a job with notification_destinations pointing to a group ID. you can check out here for more details : https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/jobs/notifications 

Thank you. 

[SP_6721]

Hi @surajitDE ,

At the moment, DLT doesn’t support linking existing email notification groups or Teams workflows directly. You can only add individual email addresses in the DLT UI.

If you have a group email alias, you can use it as a single address so that everyone in the group receives the notifications.