Tie Parquet files in Azure ADLS to Databricks table

JDL
New Contributor III

Hello All,

I have databricks delta table with files residing in Azure Data Lake. I understand, when I load create table and load data from databricks, it creates respective folder and files for table in ADLS. 
I am wondering if there is reverse way to do it, by copying the parquet files directly for underlying table in ADLS and query it from delta table in databricks.

When I copy files, it doesn't get recognized by databricks when query the table, which is obvious.

Any thoughts or workarounds are highly appreciated.

 

 

JDL
New Contributor III

Thanks @Retired_mod this is helpful