Hi I have the table column descriptions in the iceberg/aws-glue metadata using the comment field but that is not showing up as descriptions under Starburst Galaxy Catalog UI.
Also, what is the best way to add descriptions to the columns when creating starburst views?
You are correct, the COMMENT’s from the CREATE TABLE statement do NOT make it to the Catalog UI under what is called Description there.
I personally believe they should and I think Starburst Product Management team has this internally captured as an idea (or maybe short-coming, based on how you look at it). IF i get more info on that, I’ll post it back here, but do know the PM team is aware.
Today, the only way I know of updating that Description field is directly in the Catalog UI. The rest api, Starburst Galaxy, doesn’t address items at that fine-grained level (at least today).
I was HOPING that when you created a view the underlying columns’ Descriptions would carry over from the columns being referenced, but no-joy it seems. So, again, you are stuck (today) with using the UI to add them.
THANKFULLY, table and view Descriptions DO carry over when you turn your schema into a data product.
Since you can’t change those Descriptions from the Data Products UI in Galaxy, I did verify that if you change the Descriptions for the columns of a table or view in the Catalog UI, that the changes do reflect in the Data Products UI.