Process Unity Catalog privilege requests from email
Have Notis read new Agent mail requests and update specified Unity Catalog privileges for the named principal and securable.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Update Catalog Grants
Tool to update permissions for Unity Catalog securables by adding or removing privileges for principals. Use when you need to grant or revoke permissions on catalogs, schemas, tables, or other Unity Catalog objects. Only metastore admins, object owners, users with MANAGE privilege, or parent catalog/schema owners can update permissions.
Why this helps
Catalog permission requests are easy to lose between email, governance checks, and the Databricks workspace.
- Reduce the back-and-forth needed to process well-formed permission requests.
- Keep privilege changes tied to the email that requested them.
- Skip requests that do not specify the securable, principal, and privilege change.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent mail and Databricks once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from any channel or in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Describe in one instruction how to identify eligible Unity Catalog grant or revoke requests and apply only the clearly specified change.
- 4Choose New Email Received as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real request email and verify the resulting Databricks permissions.
Questions about this workflow
What can this workflow change?
The selected action updates permissions for Unity Catalog securables by adding or removing privileges for principals. The email and prompt need to make the intended change clear.
Does it replace all permissions?
No. The selected action updates grants by adding or removing specified privileges. It does not replace the full permission set.
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