Share data through Databricks Delta Sharing

If you use Databricks with Unity Catalog, you can share tables directly with Scowtt through Delta Sharing. Scowtt reads the live tables read-only, so there's no export job to schedule. This works for Databricks on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.

How it works: Scowtt tells you who should receive your activation link. You create a share and send the link to that person. Scowtt connects and checks the data with you.

Before you start

Unity Catalog enabled on your workspace.
A metastore admin, or a user with the CREATE SHARE and CREATE RECIPIENT privileges.
The name of the Scowtt engineer who will receive your activation link. Your Scowtt team sends this.

Steps

Scowtt: Tell you who receives the link

Your Scowtt team tells you which Scowtt engineer should receive your activation link.
You: Create a share

Add the curated tables Scowtt needs. If you can, add them with history, so Scowtt can read only what changed since its last read.

Databricks' step-by-step guide: Create shares.
You: Create a recipient for Scowtt

Use open sharing (token-based). Scowtt doesn't run its own Databricks workspace, so Databricks-to-Databricks sharing doesn't apply.

Databricks' step-by-step guide: Create a recipient using bearer tokens. It also covers the activation link and token lifetime.
You: Grant the share to the Scowtt recipient

Grant the share you created to the Scowtt recipient.
You: Send the activation link

Send it only to the Scowtt engineer your Scowtt team named, through a secure channel, with the share name and the token expiry date. The credential file behind the link can be downloaded only once, so don't open the link yourself.
Scowtt: Connect and check the data with you

Scowtt confirms the tables are visible, then checks the backfill and incremental reads with you.

Good to know

Tokens last at most one year. Set an expiry that fits your policy, and tell your Scowtt team before rotating it so data keeps flowing.
Refresh the shared tables at least 4 times a day, ideally hourly. See Data refresh schedule.
No Unity Catalog? Export curated tables to a bucket you own instead. See Share data through Google Cloud Storage or Share data through Amazon S3.
To end access, revoke the share or delete the recipient.

Who does what

Step	Who	What changes hands
Tell you who receives the link	Scowtt	The engineer's name
Create a share	You	—
Create a recipient for Scowtt	You	—
Grant the share to the Scowtt recipient	You	—
Send the activation link	You	Activation link, share name, token expiry date
Connect and check the data with you	Scowtt	Confirmation, or fixes needed