Google Workspace connector

Important

This feature is in Beta. To use it, a workspace admin must turn on Lakeflow Connect for Google Workspace from the Previews page. See Manage Azure Databricks previews.

The managed Google Workspace connector in Lakeflow Connect ingests audit activity from Google Workspace applications and services into Azure Databricks.

Feature availability

Feature Availability
UI-based pipeline authoring Green check icon Supported
API-based pipeline authoring Green check icon Supported
Declarative Automation Bundles Green check icon Supported
Incremental ingestion Green check icon Supported
Unity Catalog governance Green check icon Supported
Orchestration using Databricks Workflows Green check icon Supported
API-based column selection and deselection Green check icon Supported
API-based row filtering Red X icon Not supported
SCD Type 2 Red X icon Not supported
Automated schema evolution: New and deleted columns Green check icon Supported
Automated schema evolution: Data type changes Red X icon Not supported
Automated schema evolution: Column renames Green check icon Supported
Treated as a new column (new name) and deleted column (old name).

Authentication methods

Authentication method Availability
OAuth U2M Green check icon Supported
OAuth M2M Red X icon Not supported
Basic authentication (username/password) Red X icon Not supported

Ingest audit activity from Google Workspace

Set up the managed Google Workspace connector to ingest Google Workspace audit activity into Azure Databricks.

  1. Configure Google Workspace for ingestion (Admins): Set up Google Workspace to authenticate with Azure Databricks.
  2. Create a Unity Catalog connection (Admins): Create a connection in Catalog Explorer to store credentials for Databricks to authenticate with Google Workspace.
  3. Create an ingestion pipeline (Admins or non-admins): Select any supported interface and create a pipeline from an existing connection.