Semantic Bridge How-Tos

• 2026-07-02
• Greg Baldini

Applies to:

• ❌ Tabular Editor 2
• Tabular Editor 3 (Available since 3.25.0)
  ❌ Desktop
  ❌ Business
  ✔ Enterprise

These how-tos are focused on interacting with the Databricks Metric View object model and supporting import workflows to bring these Metric Views into a Tabular semantic model.

Getting Started

• Load and Inspect a Metric View: Load a Metric View and explore its structure
• Import a Metric View from a File: Import a Metric View directly from a YAML file
• Import a Metric View and View Diagnostics: Import a loaded Metric View to Tabular and view diagnostics

Validation

• Validate a Metric View with Default Rules: Validate with built-in rules
• Create Simple Validation Rules: Create predicate-based validation rules for naming conventions
• Create Contextual Validation Rules: Create rules with cross-object checks, such as names reused across object types

Manipulating the Object Model

• Add an Object to a Metric View: Add objects to a Metric View and set their properties
• Remove an Object from a Metric View: Remove objects from a Metric View
• Rename Objects in a Metric View: Rename a field in a Metric View

Serialization

• Serialize a Metric View to YAML: Serialize a Metric View back to YAML

Troubleshooting

• Handle Common Failures: Handle invalid input, missing files, and imports that don't complete