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What is Databricks One?

Databricks One is a user interface designed for business users, giving them a single, intuitive entry point to interact with data and AI in Azure Databricks, without needing to navigate technical concepts such as clusters, queries, models, or notebooks.

Overview

Databricks One is a simplified Databricks interface available to all Azure Databricks users. It is built for business users to consume the assets created for them in Azure Databricks.

Landing page for Databricks One

Databricks One enables business users to:

  • View and interact with AI/BI dashboards to track key performance indicators (KPIs) and analyze metrics.

  • Ask data questions in natural language using Genie.

  • Use custom-built Databricks Apps that combine analytics, AI, and workflows.

Databricks One is available at two levels:

  • Workspace-level: Scoped to a single workspace.
  • Account-level (Beta): A unified view across all workspaces in your Azure Databricks account.

Account-level Databricks One

Important

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.

Databricks One is available at the account level, providing a unified view of assets across all workspaces in your Azure Databricks account. See Account-level Databricks One.

Workspace-level Databricks One

Who can access workspace-level Databricks One

Access to workspace-level Databricks One is controlled by workspace membership and entitlements.

The following table shows which UIs each entitlement grants:

Entitlement Databricks One UI Lakehouse workspace UI
Consumer access
Workspace access
Databricks SQL access

Because entitlements are additive, users with only Consumer access land on Databricks One by default. Users with additional entitlements can access both Databricks One and the Lakehouse workspace UI, and can switch between them. To set Consumer access as the default for new users, see Change default workspace access to consumer access. For a full overview of consumer access, see What is consumer access?.

Open Databricks One

If a user's only entitlement is Consumer access, they land on the Databricks One homepage after log in.

If a user has other entitlements, they can use the app switcher App icon. in the upper-right corner of the workspace to move between the two UIs.

Databricks one app switcher

Alternatively, users can navigate to the Databricks One UI by adding /one to their workspace URL, for example:

https://<WORKSPACE_URL>/one?o=<WORKSPACE_ID>

Interact with data assets

You can view and interact with assets that have been shared with you. Click an asset to open and interact with it. To mark an asset as a favorite, click the star icon next to the asset's name. Favorite assets can be filtered in listing pages.

Use the search bar to find assets or ask data questions in natural language:

  • Search: Find assets that have been shared with you by name.

  • Ask: When Ask is turned on, you can use the search bar to interact with Genie.

    If Chat is not enabled, click Ask in the search bar and select a Genie space. The search bar connects to that space and interprets your question using Genie Code.

Chat

Important

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.

Chat is a unified, full-screen interface for asking data questions in natural language. Chat uses Genie in Agent mode to leverage existing dashboards, queries, and Genie spaces to answer your questions. Users must have the CAN USE permission on a SQL warehouse to use Chat. See Chat in Databricks One.

For you

The For you section on the Databricks One home page shows personalized asset recommendations based on your activity and the activity of other users in your workspace, including:

  • Recently opened: Assets you have opened recently.
  • Favorites: Assets you have marked with a star.
  • Recently shared: Assets that have been shared with you recently.
  • Trending: Assets that are popular among similar users in the workspace.

For you recommendations in Databricks One

Domains

Important

This feature is in Beta. Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.

Click Domains on the Databricks One home page to browse assets organized by domain. Domains group assets by business context, making it easier to find data relevant to your work without navigating catalog hierarchies. Click a domain card to view the assets it contains. See Discover page and domains.

Listing pages

When you search from the Databricks One home page, the results open in a listing page. Listing pages show the assets that have been shared with you and provide options to filter and browse them.

Databricks One listing page filters

You can use the filter buttons under the search bar. To see all filtering options, click Environment icon. on the left. This opens a menu with the following categories:

  • Type: Click a radio button to view only dashboards or Genie spaces. Clear the button to show both asset types.
  • Owner: Use the owner filter to search for an asset by their Databricks user ID.
  • Status: Use the checkboxes to show only assets that have been marked as Certified or you have marked as a Favorite.
  • Domains: Use the domain filter to show only assets that belong to a specific domain. Domains group assets by governed tags, helping you browse data by business context. See Discover page and domains.
  • Last modified: Use the radio buttons to select assets that have been modified within the selected window.

On the right, click Relevance to change the sort order and page appearance.

  • Sort by: Choose Relevance to intelligently sort assets by what is most relevant to you. Choose Name to show the listings by name in alphabetical order.
  • View as: Click List to show a list of assets. Click Grid to show assets with a thumbnail preview.

Note

Databricks Apps are not searchable. Click Browse Apps to open a listing page that shows all the Databricks Apps that have been shared with you.

Open assets

When you click an asset, it opens in the familiar experience for that object (for example, a dashboard).

  • If you have viewing rights only, the asset opens within Databricks One.
  • If you have authoring privileges, click Edit draft to edit the asset in the Lakehouse workspace UI.

Dashboard in Databricks one

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