Working with Unity Catalog in Databricks: Overcoming Common Error
As I recently worked on implementing a new feature in Databricks, I hit a roadblock that many data engineers might find all too familiar: an error when trying to enable Unity Catalog if you’ve ever been rolling out a critical update, only to be stopped dead in your tracks by an unexpected issue, you know how frustrating this can be.
But every challenge is an opportunity to learn, right?
In this article, I’m going to take you through — from the initial setup to the moment that error popped up, and the steps I took to troubleshoot and fix the problem.
Ready to dive in? Let’s get started!
Problem Statement: There was an error logging in managed account to enable the Unity Catalog. The below error occurs after clicking on sign-in with Azure AD.
“There was an error logging in. Your user does not belong to a Databricks account. Contact your Databricks account administrator”
Solution:
- The user must be an Azure Databricks account admin to get started using Unity Catalog.
- The first Azure Databricks account admin must be an Azure Active Directory Global Administrator at the time that they first log in to the Azure Databricks account console. Upon first login, that…
