A shortcut grant in Unity Catalog covering every privilege relevant to an object. Four are deliberately left out: MANAGE, READ METADATA and the two external use privileges for schemas and locations.
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Each book explains ALL PRIVILEGES in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Authorisation code
OAuth 2.0 grant used by native and web apps: the user signs in, and the app then acts on their behalf with delegated permissions.
- Unity Catalog
Azure Databricks' governance solution covering both data and AI in one place, with centralised permissions, auditing, data discovery and lineage.
- MANAGE
A Unity Catalog privilege allowing a principal to grant and revoke access on an object, hand over its ownership and drop it, all without being the owner. It gives no data access by itself and is not part of
ALL PRIVILEGES. - READ METADATA
Lets a principal see an object's details but not query its contents. It sits under
MANAGE, is left out ofALL PRIVILEGES, and is the only grant on the metastore that flows down to every object beneath. - External
API Management virtual network mode in which the gateway stays public but can call private back ends inside the VNet.