Domains and subdomains
Groups catalogs, tables and assets into business domains using governed tags, with one level of nesting.
Why it is worth watching
The organising layer Unity Catalog has been missing, and it feeds the Genie Ontology.
What Beta promises
Open to most customers but not for production: support runs through engineering, and the shape of it can still move. On by default on Premium, off on Enterprise.
| Who can use it | Most customers |
|---|---|
| Production use | No |
| Support | Engineering only |
| On by default | Premium yes, Enterprise no |
The definitions are Databricks' own, on its release types page. The label on this page is the one the feature's documentation states, last checked on 19 Oct 2026.
Where to read more
We wrote it up: Domains and Pages — The human half of the Genie Ontology. Domains group assets by business purpose, Pages define what a business term actually means, and Genie prefers both over what it infers. That page carries the Beta label while this entry does.