Databricks Workspace dropdown does not populate workspaces you are a member of by group association

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Databricks Workspace dropdown does not populate workspaces you are a member of by group association

Dixon, Matthew 5

The workspace dropdown in Azure Databricks is only populated when your user is assigned to a workspace directly. If you are assigned/ privileged to a workspace through a workspace group, the workspace will not show up on your workspace dropdown.

Assuming this is not expected behavior as it is best practice (and much easier) to manage access ONLY at the group level.

Please advise!

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2023-08-22T08:32:56.7533333+00:00

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2023-08-22T08:32:56.7533333+00:00

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PRADEEPCHEEKATLA 91,866

@Dixon, Matthew - Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.

It is expected behavior that the workspace dropdown in Azure Databricks does not populate workspaces that you are a member of by group association. This is because the dropdown is designed to only show workspaces that you are directly assigned to, not through a workspace group.

However, you can still access workspaces that you are a member of by group association by navigating to the workspace URL directly. You can find the URL for a workspace by going to the workspace's landing page and copying the URL from the address bar of your browser.

Alternatively, you can ask the workspace administrator to assign you to the workspace directly instead of through a workspace group. This will allow the workspace to show up on your workspace dropdown.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.

If this answers your query, do click Accept Answer and Yes for was this answer helpful. And, if you have any further query do let us know.

Dixon, Matthew 5 Reputation points

2023-08-14T13:33:01.6433333+00:00

Hi @PRADEEPCHEEKATLA - thanks for the response! I am curious as to the reasoning behind this design choice? Wouldn't this drive end users to stray from group usage? Is their a roadmap item to make the dropdown group aware as well?

When users are working in multiple workspaces, it can be a bit clunky to have to flip between URLS manually.

Thanks again!
PRADEEPCHEEKATLA 91,866 Reputation points

2023-08-16T09:33:04.8166667+00:00

@Dixon, Matthew - We are reaching out to the internal team to get more information related to your query and will get back to you as soon as we have an update.
Dixon, Matthew 5 Reputation points

2023-08-16T15:15:56.08+00:00

Thank you! For anyone else who is running into this "issue", please upvote the idea I opened here: https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/a5b2d49d-473c-ee11-a81c-000d3ae37d1e
Dixon, Matthew 5 Reputation points

2023-08-16T15:17:48.1266667+00:00

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PRADEEPCHEEKATLA 91,866 Reputation points

2023-08-18T05:01:53.4133333+00:00

@Dixon, Matthew - Thanks for creating the feedback.
Andrew Metcalf 0 Reputation points

2023-09-15T09:40:46.4333333+00:00

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