Databricks Certified Data Engineer - Associate

Explanation

In Databricks, when a user leaves the organization and no longer has access, the workspace administrator has the necessary permissions to manage ownership transfers of Delta tables. Here's why:

1. Workspace Administrator Role: Workspace administrators have elevated privileges that allow them to manage all workspace objects, including transferring ownership of tables, clusters, jobs, and other resources.

2. Data Explorer Ownership Transfer: In Data Explorer, ownership of Delta tables can be transferred by:

   • The current owner (original data engineer) - but they no longer have access
   • A workspace administrator - who has the authority to manage all workspace resources

3. Why Other Options Are Incorrect:

   • A. Databricks account representative: Account representatives handle billing and account-level issues, not workspace-level object ownership.
   • B. This transfer is not possible: This is incorrect because workspace administrators can perform this transfer.
   • D. New lead data engineer: The new data engineer cannot transfer ownership themselves because they don't have ownership permissions on tables they don't own.
   • E. Original data engineer: They no longer have access, so this option is not feasible.

4. Best Practice: When team members leave, it's recommended to have workspace administrators regularly audit and update ownership of critical resources to maintain data governance and access control.

Therefore, the workspace administrator must perform the ownership transfer when the original owner no longer has access.