Not able to get the location of the table in Databricks Free edition

Sanjeeb2024
Valued Contributor

‎07-17-2025 07:01 AM

Hi Team,

I am exploring the delta table properties and wants to see the internal folder structure of the delta table. I created a delta table using Databricks Free edition and when I executed the describe extended command, the location field is coming as blank. Is it a restriction from Databricks side. Ideally user should do all kind of experiments on this. Please advise. 

 

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Regards - Sanjeeb

 

 

Sanjeeb Mohapatra
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szymon_dybczak
Esteemed Contributor III

‎07-17-2025 09:17 AM - edited ‎07-17-2025 09:18 AM

Hi @Sanjeeb2024 ,

Probably in the Free Edition they hide/limit visibility into internal paths. Maybe due to some security concerns?
I ran the same command on environment I own and it works just fine (even for managed tables);

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Sharanya13
Contributor III

‎07-17-2025 09:53 PM

I guess the free/community edition does not use cloud storage. Most likely, it's a Databricks-managed storage.

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akshayt272
New Contributor II

‎07-21-2025 09:40 AM

Then how can we see the versions of our delta file then ?

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Sharanya13
Contributor III
In response to akshayt272

‎07-21-2025 08:37 PM

Why do you need to see? Query the table or time travel?

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