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databricks Platform · Updated Jun 5, 2026

External data access for pipeline streaming tables and materialized views…

You can now enable external Delta and Iceberg clients to read streaming tables and materialized views managed by a pipeline through the Unity Catalog and Iceberg catalog REST APIs, without copying…

What it does

You can now enable external Delta and Iceberg clients to read streaming tables and materialized views managed by a pipeline through the Unity Catalog and Iceberg catalog REST APIs, without copying the data. Preview This feature is in Public Preview. If you have enabled external data access to Unity Catalog, then you can additionally add external data access to your pipeline datasets.

Why it matters

This gives the following characteristics for performance and functionality: No data copy required: External access is enabled without duplicating the full dataset.

Architecture
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In short

You can now enable external Delta and Iceberg clients to read streaming tables and materialized views managed by a pipeline through the Unity Catalog and Iceberg catalog REST APIs, without copying the data. Preview This feature is in Public Preview.

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Key takeaway
You can now enable external Delta and Iceberg clients to read streaming tables and materialized views managed by a pipeline through the Unity Catalog and Iceberg catalog REST APIs, without copying…
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