30 October 2025

Databricks connector gets updated authentication options

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The Databricks connector has been enhanced with two additional authentication mechanisms:

  • Databricks OAuth Service Principal

  • Databricks OAuth User Account

Both these are using the general OAuth 2.0 flow, allowing for both Databricks-managed or Microsoft Entra ID-managed accounts.

Additionally, authentication with Personal Access Token is now an explicit option, and basic authentication (with username) is removed, as it is no longer supported by Databricks.

The update is now available in Qlik Cloud Analytics, and it will later be integrated in the Direct Access gateway and Qlik Sense Enterprise on Windows.

To learn more, see Create a Databricks connection.

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