Skip to content
- Account Administrator
- Manages the entire Databricks account across all workspaces.
- Handles billing, workspace creation, user provisioning, and global settings like SSO and identity management.
- Metastore Administrator
- Controls the Unity Catalog metastore — manages catalogs, schemas, permissions, and data governance policies for all data assets.
- Ensures secure and consistent access control across workspaces.
- Workspace Administrator
- Manages settings within a specific workspace, including cluster policies, user/group permissions, workspace configuration, and job or notebook access.
- Owner (Object Owner)
- The user who creates or owns a resource (e.g., table, cluster, notebook).
- Has full control over it — can read, modify, delete, or grant permissions to others.