unity catalogIntermediate

Governance & Security

Unity Catalog end to end: the three-level namespace, managed and external tables, privileges, row filters, column masks and attribute-based policies.

Data Engineer Associate
0/16|16 written|~15 h
To doIn progressDonePlannedSwipe the map, tap a concept
Stage 1 · The catalog
Unity Catalog, the governance layerManaged and external tablesThe metastore and how a workspace gets Unity CatalogExternal locations and storage credentialsThe information schemaManaged and external volumesWorkspace-catalog binding
Stage 2 · Access control
Privileges: GRANT, REVOKE, and DENYData lineage in Unity Catalog
Stage 3 · Fine-grained access
Row filters and column masksABAC policies in Unity CatalogGoverned tagsData Classification in Unity Catalog
Stage 4 · Sharing
Marketplace and Clean RoomsSharing data with OpenSharingLakehouse Federation

Governance is the domain people lose points on because it is mostly rules, not intuition. Five concepts, roughly two evenings, and the whole Governance and Security section of the exam is covered.

Resources for this path

Courses, books and repos that cover the whole map go here. None have been added yet; per-concept resources appear on each concept page.