---
id: "unity-catalog"
type: "component"
kind: "data-catalog"
provider: "default"
category: "data"
docs: "https://docs.unitycatalog.io/"
url: "https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/unity-catalog"
---

# Unity Catalog

Open catalog for tables, volumes, functions and models that vends location-scoped storage credentials.

| | |
|---|---|
| Provider | [default](https://localhost:3000/catalogue?provider=default) |
| Kind | [Data catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/kinds/data-catalog) |
| Category | Data |
| Official docs | [https://docs.unitycatalog.io/](https://docs.unitycatalog.io/) |

## Properties

| property | type | values | required | kind default | this component |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| `accessPolicyEnforcement` | boolean | — | no | — | **true** |
| `assetTypes` | enum | `tables`, `volumes`, `functions`, `models` | no | "tables" | inherited |
| `classification` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |
| `credentialVending` | boolean | — | no | true | inherited |
| `lineage` | boolean | — | no | — | **false** |
| `managed` | boolean | — | no | false | **false** |
| `scanSchedule` | enum | `manual`, `daily`, `weekly` | no | — | inherited |
| `serverAuthorization` | boolean | — | no | false | inherited |
| `sourceCount` | integer | — | no | — | inherited |
| `tableFormats` | enum | `delta`, `iceberg`, `hudi`, `parquet`, `csv`, `json` | no | "delta" | inherited |

Bold values are the ones this component pins.

## Rules that apply · 0

No rule selects this kind or its category.

## Other products of the same kind · 23

- [AWS Application Discovery Service](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-application-discovery-service.md) `aws-application-discovery-service` — aws
- [Amazon DataZone](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-datazone.md) `aws-datazone` — aws
- [AWS Glue Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/aws-glue-data-catalog.md) `aws-glue-data-catalog` — aws
- [Azure API Center](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-api-center.md) `azure-api-center` — azure
- [Microsoft Purview](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/azure-purview.md) `azure-purview` — azure
- [R2 Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/cloudflare-r2-data-catalog.md) `cloudflare-r2-data-catalog` — cloudflare
- [Alation](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/alation.md) `alation` — default
- [Amundsen](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/amundsen.md) `amundsen` — default
- [Apache Atlas](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/atlas.md) `atlas` — default
- [Collibra](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/collibra.md) `collibra` — default
- [Generic data catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/data-catalog.md) `data-catalog` — default
- [DataHub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/datahub.md) `datahub` — default
- [OpenMetadata](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/openmetadata.md) `openmetadata` — default
- [Apache Polaris](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/polaris.md) `polaris` — default
- [Agent Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-agent-registry.md) `google-agent-registry` — gcp
- [BigQuery sharing (Analytics Hub)](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-analytics-hub.md) `google-analytics-hub` — gcp
- [BigLake](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-biglake.md) `google-biglake` — gcp
- [Cloud API Registry](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-api-registry.md) `google-cloud-api-registry` — gcp
- [Cloud Asset Inventory](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-cloud-asset-inventory.md) `google-cloud-asset-inventory` — gcp
- [Dataplex Universal Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-dataplex.md) `google-dataplex` — gcp
- [Dataproc Metastore](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/google-dataproc-metastore.md) `google-dataproc-metastore` — gcp
- [IBM Data Product Hub](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/ibm-data-product-hub.md) `ibm-data-product-hub` — ibm
- [OCI Data Catalog](https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/oci-data-catalog.md) `oci-data-catalog` — oci

## Use it in a design

```yaml
nodes:
  - { id: "unity-catalog", component: "unity-catalog" }
```

## Source (`component` YAML, verbatim)

```yaml
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# Unity Catalog: open-source multimodal catalog for tables, volumes, functions and AI models.
# unitycatalog.io: it serves Delta, Iceberg and Hudi (via UniForm), Parquet, JSON and CSV, and
# since 0.2 it vends short-lived, location-scoped storage credentials, which is how it controls
# access to the underlying data. Server authorization is switched on in server.properties.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "unity-catalog"
kind: "data-catalog"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://docs.unitycatalog.io/"
defaults:
  managed: false
  accessPolicyEnforcement: true
  classification: false
  lineage: false
properties:
  credentialVending:
    type: "boolean"
    default: true
  tableFormats:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["delta", "iceberg", "hudi", "parquet", "csv", "json"]
    default: "delta"
  assetTypes:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["tables", "volumes", "functions", "models"]
    default: "tables"
  serverAuthorization:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false
```

Human page: https://localhost:3000/catalogue/components/unity-catalog