Databricks Default Catalog with House Icon
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03-06-2026 02:09 AM
Hi everyone,
I have a question regarding workspace catalogs in Databricks with Unity Catalog.
In our setup, when a new workspace is created and automatically assigned to a Unity Catalog metastore (with automatic workspace catalog creation enabled), a catalog is automatically created with the same name as the workspace. In the Catalog Explorer this catalog appears with the house icon, indicating that it is the workspace catalog.
My questions are the following:
Is it possible to rename this automatically created workspace catalog?
If not, is there any supported workaround (for example through SQL, API, or configuration changes) to modify the name after it has been created?
Additionally, I have observed a case where the catalog with the house icon has a different name from the workspace, which made me wonder whether the name can somehow be customized or changed under certain conditions.
I would like to confirm whether this catalog name is strictly system-managed or if there is any way to control or modify it or somehow create it when i create the workspace.
Thanks in advance for any clarification.