- Generate a Personal Access Token
- Retrieve SQL warehouse settings
- Create schema for Datafold
- Configure your data connection in Datafold
Generate a Personal Access Token
Visit Settings → User Settings, and then switch to Personal Access Tokens tab.
Retrieve SQL warehouse settings
In SQL mode, navigate to SQL Warehouses.
- Server hostname
- HTTP path

Create schema for Datafold
Datafold utilizes a temporary dataset to materialize scratch work and keep data processing in the your warehouse.Configure in Datafold
Field Name | Description |
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Name | A name given to the data connection within Datafold |
Host | The hostname retrieved in the Connection Details tab |
HTTP Path | The HTTP Path retrieved in the Connection Details tab |
Access Token | The token retrieved in Generate a Personal Access Token |
Catalog | The catalog and schema name of your Databricks account. Formatted as catalog_name.schema_name (In most cases, catalog_name is hive_metastore.) |
Dataset for temporary tables | Certain operations require Datafold to materialize intermediate results, which are stored in a dedicated schema. The input for this field should be in the catalog_name.schema_name format. (In most cases, catalog_name is hive_metastore.) |