5.22 Create At Source Databricks assets for Delta Sharing and Configure Platform Currency

Configure Platform Currency

• A currency can now be set at platform level, in the Ecosystem admin area under Metadata. This platform currency will be shown wherever prices are displayed to users in the UI:

  • In the Subscription Plan templates screens

  • In Manage products where plans are applied

  • On the Product page

• The display format that's users will see is dependent on their platform locale:

  • Prices are configured by ecosystem admins using the ISO 4217 currency codes system.

  • Seeing the locale symbol (e.g. £, $...) will depend on the platform locale.

  • Users whose platform locale is not set to match the currency will see the currency code directly, e.g. “USD 100”.

• If no platform currency is defined, the default will be USD ($).

• It should be noted that this is not a currency conversion capability. Instead, we are displaying the given currency beside the number that is set for the product pricing.

Create At-Source Databricks Assets for Delta Sharing

• If the Databricks connector is configured in the platform to support this asset location, At Source assets can be created from it and used to create Delta Shares (both for the specific asset and as part of the product).  There are a number of differences for At Source assets compared to On Platform assets: 

  • Sample Data. Returns the first set of rows in the table instead of a random sample 

  • Metadata. We are estimated the size instead of doing the full scan of the entire table at source.

• Assets will not support the following usage types: 

  • Export

  • Query

  • Spaces