Implementing Federated Governance in Databricks Unity Catalog

[Tuno986]

Hi,

I am working for a large company that is implementing a Databricks solution. We have multiple domains, each responsible for its own data products, following a data mesh approach.

As part of a federated governance model, we need a way to communicate with the domains. The system should enable domains to notify when new data products (including data, code, and data contracts) are ready for production. The central federated governance team should be automatically notified so they can verify compliance before making these products available.

How can we implement a system like this in Databricks Unity Catalog? Alternatively, what kind of solution would best meet our requirements?

Thanks!

[antonionuzzo]

Hi, All the information for the creation and modification of assets is recorded within the system tables. Perhaps, when a catalog is created, a possible solution could be to trigger a job that notifies the central team about this event.

[LRALVA]

Hi @Tuno986 

You can implement a notification-driven system by having each domain team register new data products in a Delta table or send an event. This triggers automated compliance checks (schema, lineage, ACLs) using Databricks workflows. Governance teams are then alerted automatically (via Slack, email, or dashboards) to approve the data products before they go live.