Data Lake views

You can create views on top of data objects that are stored in Data Lake.

To create a view, you can use the Compass query editor or a third-party query tool using the JDBC driver. When a view is created or updated, the view is registered with Data Catalog. Data Catalog stores metadata for all views created on top of Data Lake. If a view is dropped in Data Lake, then its corresponding metadata is deleted from Data Catalog.

You can maintain views in Compass only. Users cannot add, delete, import, or export views from Data Catalog.

For information on creating, updating, and dropping views in Data Lake, see Data Lake.