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Data & Analytics · Intermediate

Managed Table

A table whose data files and metadata are both managed by the platform; dropping it deletes the data.

Definition

In Unity Catalog, managed tables are stored in managed storage locations and benefit from automatic optimizations such as predictive optimization. In Fabric, tables under a lakehouse's Tables folder are managed Delta tables.

Exam tip

DROP on a managed table deletes the data files (in Unity Catalog they are recoverable with UNDROP for 7 days).

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