Databricks Lakehouse Federation queries on-premises and FactSet data without migration
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Databricks says its Lakehouse Federation feature lets users query external databases, such as SQL Server, with standard SQL and join them with FactSet marketplace data in Unity Catalog, without copying the data to the cloud.
In a Databricks blog walkthrough, the company builds a portfolio dashboard and a Genie natural-language agent that re-query on-premises holdings live on each refresh. According to the post, the data stays in the source system, with no pipelines or persisted views. The source is a first-party Databricks publication, and the report does not include independent verification.
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AIDatabricks says Lakehouse Federation lets users query external databases such as SQL Server with standard SQL and join them with FactSet marketplace data in Unity Catalog, without copying data to the cloud. The walkthrough builds a portfolio dashboard and a Genie natural-language agent that re-query the on-premises holdings live on each refresh. The data stays in the source system, with no pipelines or persisted views.
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