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Data Classification now scans Unity Catalog views (Beta)

BetaVerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Data Classification can now scan Unity Catalog views in addition to tables, classifying columns for sensitive data using the same detection engine. This is a Beta feature. See Classify views .

Topics: Governance, Observability

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More Unity Catalog releases

Every Unity Catalog release
DateRelease
Sep 15The READ METADATA privilege will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Update
Sep 15Sharing foreign Delta tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
GA
Sep 16VARIANT cast extends to ARRAY and MAP columns in ABAC column masks
Update
Sep 17Metastore-level ABAC policies are in Beta
Beta
Sep 11Sharing foreign Iceberg tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
GA
Sep 11Sharing foreign schemas and tables with OpenSharing is now generally available
GA
Sep 9External secrets in Unity Catalog (Beta)
Beta
Sep 22Invite OpenSharing recipients by email (Beta)unverified
Beta

Also shipped on Sep 15, 2026

Databricks in September 2026
DateRelease
Sep 15Predict dynamic table refresh behavior with EXPLAIN CHANGES (General availability)
SnowflakeSnowflakeGA
Sep 15Horizon Catalog Explorer UI (Preview)
SnowflakeSnowflake Horizon CatalogPreview
Sep 15Embedding Streamlit in Snowflake apps in external pages (General availability)
SnowflakeSnowflake Cortex AIGA
Sep 15Elastic Channels for Snowpipe Streaming (General availability)
SnowflakeSnowflakeGA
Sep 15Cortex AI Gateway (Preview)
SnowflakeSnowflake Cortex AIPreview
Sep 15Reinforcement learning fine-tuning in the Google Cloud console (Preview)
Google CloudGemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview

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