Sigma Integration with Databricks Unity Catalog
Blog post from Sigma
Sigma has announced its integration with Databricks at the 2022 Data + AI Summit, enabling business users to make informed decisions using Sigma's no-code spreadsheet interface with data from Databricks' Lakehouse platform. This integration utilizes Databricks SQL and connects Sigma Workbooks to Databricks SQL endpoints, allowing users to run machine-generated SQL queries for data exploration. Sigma is among the first partners to integrate with Databricks' Unity Catalog, a data governance solution that provides unified access permissions and audit controls across data and AI assets on any cloud. Unity Catalog offers real-time lineage tracking and a built-in search experience for data discovery, enhancing Sigma's ability to index and explore data in the Lakehouse, while also facilitating better data management and collaboration. If Unity Catalog is not enabled, Sigma resorts to indexing data from the legacy Hive Metastore, but Unity Catalog simplifies data management through centralized permission and lineage tracking.