Defining Databricks Views

The following properties are applicable to a Databricks View object.

Tab	Property	Description	Additional Information
	Name	Specifies the name of the view
	Database	Specifies the database to which the view belongs
	Temporary	Specifies whether the scope of the view is temporary	A view with the temporary scope is available in the current session.
	If Not Exists	Specifies that if the table already exists, no exception is thrown, and no action happens
	Global	Specifies whether the view is global	Databricks attaches GLOBAL TEMPORARY views to a preserved temporary database global_temp.
	Use Replace Syntax	Specifies whether the REPLACE syntax is used for the view	Selecting this option replaces the syntax with the new DDL that is generated during Forward Engineering.
	Generate	Specifies whether a DDL statement is generated for the view during forward engineering
General	Table Properties	Specifies a list of metadata key-value pairs
Select	Available Tables and Views	Specifies a list of available tables and views	Under Available Tables and Views, select the columns that you want to define as view column. Then, click .
	Columns	Specifies the columns selected from the available tables and views
	Select Type	Specifies the expression type to indicate whether duplicate rows are returned	All: Indicates that the statement returns all rows, including duplicate rows Distinct: Indicates that the statement discards duplicate rows and returns only the remaining rows
	Alias	Specifies a temporary name given to a table, column, or expression present in a query based on the selected column
	Expression	Specifies the expression for a selected column	Available only when the selected column is a user-defined function expression
From	Available Tables and Views	Specifies a list of available tables and views	Under Available Tables and Views, select the tables or views from which you want to select view columns. Then, click .
	From	Specifies the selected tables and views
	Alias	Specifies an alternate name for the selected table or view
Where	Where	Specifies the boolean expression of the Where clause
	Group By	Specifies the grouping expression that defines how the rows are grouped together
	Having	Specifies the boolean expression of the Having clause
	Order	Specifies the expression of the Order By clause