---
title: "First governed Unity Catalog import"
slug: "first-governed-import"
type: recipe
locale: en-US
canonical: "https://www.coremodels.io/recipe/databricks/first-governed-import"
updatedAt: "2026-08-27T01:42:16+03:00"
---

# First governed Unity Catalog import

One information_schema extract to a governed lakehouse and a first audit.

The shortest path from Unity Catalog to governed meaning: one system.information_schema extract makes tables and views governed Types with columns as Elements (full_data_type preserved verbatim), and the first audit immediately flags undocumented tables and key-shaped columns with no declared constraints.

## Articles

- [Zero to First Audit: Governing a Databricks Unity Catalog Estate with CoreModels](https://www.coremodels.io/connector/databricks/t1-quickstart)
- [The Meeting That Used to Take Two Weeks](https://www.coremodels.io/connector/databricks/h2-outcomes)