Access control lists
This article describes details about the permissions available for the different workspace objects.
Note
Access control requires the Premium plan.
Access control settings are disabled by default on workspaces that are upgraded from the Standard plan to the Premium plan. Once an access control setting is enabled, it can not be disabled. For more information, see Access controls lists can be enabled on upgraded workspaces.
Access control lists overview
In Azure Databricks, you can use access control lists (ACLs) to configure permission to access workspace level objects. Workspace admins have the CAN MANAGE permission on all objects in their workspace, which gives them the ability to manage permissions on all objects in their workspaces. Users automatically have the CAN MANAGE permission for objects that they create.
For an example of how to map typical personas to workspace-level permissions, see the Proposal for Getting Started With Databricks Groups and Permissions.
Manage access control lists with folders
You can manage workspace object permissions by adding objects to folders. Objects in a folder inherit all permissions settings of that folder. For example, a user that has the CAN RUN permission on a folder has CAN RUN permission on the alerts in that folder.
If you grant a user access to an object inside the folder, they can view the parent folder’s name, even if they do not have permissions on the parent folder. For example, a notebook named test1.py is in a folder named Workflows. If you grant a user CAN READ on test1.py and no permissions on Workflows, the user can see that the parent folder is named Workflows. The user cannot view or access any other objects in the Workflows folder unless they have been granted permissions on them.
To learn about organizing objects into folders, see Workspace browser.
AI/BI dashboard ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW/CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View dashboard and results | x | x | x | |
| Interact with widgets | x | x | x | |
| Refresh the dashboard | x | x | x | |
| Edit dashboard | x | x | ||
| Clone dashboard | x | x | x | |
| Publish dashboard snapshot | x | x | ||
| Modify permissions | x | |||
| Delete dashboard | x |
Alerts ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN RUN | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| See in alert list | x | x | |
| View alert and result | x | x | |
| Manually trigger alert run | x | x | |
| Subscribe to notifications | x | x | |
| Edit alert | x | ||
| Modify permissions | x | ||
| Delete alert | x |
Compute ACLs
Important
Users with CAN ATTACH TO permissions can view the service account keys in the log4j file. Use caution when granting this permission level.
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN ATTACH TO | CAN RESTART | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attach notebook to compute | x | x | x | |
| View Spark UI | x | x | x | |
| View compute metrics | x | x | x | |
| Terminate compute | x | x | ||
| Start and restart compute | x | x | ||
| View driver logs | x (see note) | |||
| Edit compute | x | |||
| Attach library to compute | x | |||
| Resize compute | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |
Note
Secrets are not redacted from a cluster’s Spark driver log stdout and stderr streams. To protect sensitive data, by default, Spark driver logs are viewable only by users with CAN MANAGE permission on job, single user access mode, and shared access mode clusters. To allow users with CAN ATTACH TO or CAN RESTART permission to view the logs on these clusters, set the following Spark configuration property in the cluster configuration: spark.databricks.acl.needAdminPermissionToViewLogs false.
On No Isolation Shared access mode clusters, the Spark driver logs can be viewed by users with CAN ATTACH TO or CAN MANAGE permission. To limit who can read the logs to only users with the CAN MANAGE permission, set spark.databricks.acl.needAdminPermissionToViewLogs to true.
See Spark configuration to learn how to add Spark properties to a cluster configuration.
Legacy dashboard ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW | CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See in dashboard list | x | x | x | x | |
| View dashboard and results | x | x | x | x | |
| Refresh query results in the dashboard (or choose different parameters) | x | x | x | ||
| Edit dashboard | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x | ||||
| Delete dashboard | x |
Editing a legacy dashboard requires the Run as viewer sharing setting. See Refresh behavior and execution context.
Delta Live Tables pipeline ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW | CAN RUN | CAN MANAGE | IS OWNER |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View pipeline details and list pipeline | x | x | x | x | |
| View Spark UI and driver logs | x | x | x | x | |
| Start and stop a pipeline update | x | x | x | ||
| Stop pipeline clusters directly | x | x | x | ||
| Edit pipeline settings | x | x | |||
| Delete the pipeline | x | x | |||
| Purge runs and experiments | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x | x |
Feature tables ACLs
This table describes how to control access to feature tables in workspaces that are not enabled for Unity Catalog. If your workspace is enabled for Unity Catalog, use Unity Catalog privileges instead.
Note
- Feature Store access control does not govern access to the underlying Delta table, which is governed by table access control.
- For more information about workspace feature table permissions, see Control access to feature tables in Workspace Feature Store (legacy).
| Ability | CAN VIEW METADATA | CAN EDIT METADATA | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read feature table | X | X | X |
| Search feature table | X | X | X |
| Publish feature table to online store | X | X | X |
| Write features to feature table | X | X | |
| Update description of feature table | X | X | |
| Modify permissions | X | ||
| Delete feature table | X |
File ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read file | x | x | x | x | |
| Comment | x | x | x | x | |
| Attach and detach file | x | x | x | ||
| Run file interactively | x | x | x | ||
| Edit file | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |
Folder ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN EDIT | CAN RUN | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List objects in folder | x | x | x | x | x |
| View objects in folder | x | x | x | x | |
| Clone and export items | x | x | x | ||
| Run objects in the folder | x | x | |||
| Create, import, and delete items | x | ||||
| Move and rename items | x | ||||
| Modify permissions | x |
Genie space ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW/CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| See in Genie space list | x | x | x | x |
| Ask Genie questions | x | x | x | |
| Provide response feedback | x | x | x | |
| Add or edit Genie instructions | x | x | ||
| Add or edit sample questions | x | x | ||
| Add or remove included tables | x | x | ||
| Monitor a space | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x | |||
| Delete space | x | |||
| View other users’ conversations | x |
Git folder ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| List assets in a folder | x | x | x | x | x |
| View assets in a folder | x | x | x | x | |
| Clone and export assets | x | x | x | x | |
| Run executable assets in folder | x | x | x | ||
| Edit and rename assets in a folder | x | x | |||
| Create a branch in a folder | x | ||||
| Pull or push a branch into a folder | x | ||||
| Create, import, delete, and move assets | x | ||||
| Modify permissions | x |
Job ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW | CAN MANAGE RUN | IS OWNER | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View job details and settings | x | x | x | x | |
| View results | x | x | x | x | |
| View Spark UI, logs of a job run | x | x | x | ||
| Run now | x | x | x | ||
| Cancel run | x | x | x | ||
| Edit job settings | x | x | |||
| Delete job | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x | x |
MLflow experiment ACLs
MLflow experiment ACLs are different for notebook experiments and workspace experiments. Notebook experiments cannot be managed independently of the notebook that created them, so the permissions are similar to notebook permissions. To learn more about the two types of experiments, see Organize training runs with MLflow experiments.
ACLs for notebook experiments
Changing these permissions also modifies the permissions on the notebook that corresponds to the experiment.
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View notebook | x | x | x | x | |
| Comment on notebook | x | x | x | x | |
| Attach/detach notebook to compute | x | x | x | ||
| Run commands in the notebook | x | x | x | ||
| Edit notebook | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |
ACLs for workspace experiments
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View experiment | x | x | x | |
| Log runs to the experiment | x | x | ||
| Edit the experiment | x | x | ||
| Delete the experiment | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |
MLflow model ACLs
This table describes how to control access to registered models in workspaces that are not enabled for Unity Catalog. If your workspace is enabled for Unity Catalog, use Unity Catalog privileges instead.
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE STAGING VERSIONS | CAN MANAGE PRODUCTION VERSIONS | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View model details, versions, stage transition requests, activities, and artifact download URIs | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Request a model version stage transition | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Add a version to a model | x | x | x | x | ||
| Update model and version description | x | x | x | x | ||
| Add or edit tags | x | x | x | x | ||
| Transition model version between stages | x | x | x | |||
| Approve a transition request | x | x | x | |||
| Cancel a transition request | x | |||||
| Rename model | x | |||||
| Modify permissions | x | |||||
| Delete model and model versions | x |
Notebook ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN READ | CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View cells | x | x | x | x | |
| Comment | x | x | x | x | |
| Run using %run or notebook workflows | x | x | x | x | |
| Attach and detach notebooks | x | x | x | ||
| Run commands | x | x | x | ||
| Edit cells | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |
Pool ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN ATTACH TO | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attach cluster to pool | x | x | |
| Delete pool | x | ||
| Edit pool | x | ||
| Modify permissions | x |
Query ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW | CAN RUN | CAN EDIT | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View own queries | x | x | x | x | |
| See in query list | x | x | x | x | |
| View query text | x | x | x | x | |
| View query result | x | x | x | x | |
| Refresh query result (or choose different parameters) | x | x | x | ||
| Include the query in a dashboard | x | x | x | ||
| Edit query text | x | x | |||
| Change SQL warehouse or data source | x | ||||
| Modify permissions | x | ||||
| Delete query | x |
Secret ACLs
| Ability | READ | WRITE | MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Read the secret scope | x | x | x |
| List secrets in the scope | x | x | x |
| Write to the secret scope | x | x | |
| Modify permissions | x |
Serving endpoint ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN VIEW | CAN QUERY | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get endpoint | x | x | x | |
| List endpoint | x | x | x | |
| Query endpoint | x | x | ||
| Update endpoint config | x | |||
| Delete endpoint | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |
SQL warehouse ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN USE | CAN MONITOR | IS OWNER | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start the warehouse | x | x | x | x | |
| View warehouse details | x | x | x | x | |
| View warehouse queries | x | x | x | ||
| Run queries | x | x | x | x | |
| View warehouse monitoring tab | x | x | x | ||
| Stop the warehouse | x | x | |||
| Delete the warehouse | x | x | |||
| Edit the warehouse | x | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x | x |
Vector search endpoint ACLs
| Ability | NO PERMISSIONS | CAN CREATE | CAN USE | CAN MANAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Get endpoint | x | x | x | |
| List endpoints | x | x | x | |
| Create endpoint | x | x | x | |
| Use endpoint (create index) | x | x | ||
| Delete endpoint | x | |||
| Modify permissions | x |