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Databricks SQL introduces Default Warehouse, a generally available feature allowing admins to control which SQL warehouse is automatically selected for ad hoc queries.
•Admins can set a workspace-level default warehouse applied across SQL Editor, Catalog Explorer, AI/BI Dashboards, Alerts, and Genie Spaces
•Users can override the workspace default for themselves; admins can also set per-user defaults via API
•Solves issues like ad hoc queries accidentally waking large production warehouses and competing with critical ETL/BI workloads
•Catalog Explorer queries routed to smaller warehouses increased from 77% to 96% after admins set a smaller Default Warehouse
•Users running ad hoc SQL across multiple warehouses decreased by 15%, reducing manual warehouse selection overhead
•Admin APIs and Terraform resource support enable programmatic assignment and auditing of per-user warehouse defaults
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