Add workspace maintenance and cleanup blog - #97
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DAB-based workspace cleanup automation with two approaches: 1. API-driven cleanup (jobs, dashboards, vector search indexes) 2. System table-driven cleanup (billing, compute, query history) Includes structured logging to Delta table, Lakeview dashboard queries, per-environment config (dev/stage/prod), and dry-run mode. Blog: https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/databricks-maintenance-and-cleanup-visualise-clean-and-log-with/ba-p/135657 Co-authored-by: Isaac
- databricks.yml: replace real workspace host with a placeholder - 00_cleanup_logger: default catalog maintenance->finops; drop CREATE CATALOG - 04_system_table_analysis: qualify warehouse_id as compute.warehouse_id in system.query.history to fix the aggregation No secrets, emails, personal names, or real hostnames remain in the project. Co-authored-by: Isaac
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What
Adds the Databricks Workspace Cleanup blog: an automated workspace-maintenance
solution using Databricks Asset Bundles that cleans up unused jobs, dashboards,
vector search indexes, and clusters, with full audit logging and a Lakeview
dashboard.
Contents:
README.md(blog write-up)databricks.yml(DAB bundle + cleanup workflow)notebooks/00-05(API-driven + system-table-driven cleanup, structured logging)config/(toggles + retention thresholds)dashboards/cleanup_dashboard.sqlTwo approaches
system.billing.usage,system.compute.clusters,system.lakeflow.job_run_timeline,system.query.historyto find resources costing money but delivering no valueEvery action (deleted / skipped / flagged) is logged to a Delta table for auditability.
Notes
This pull request and its description were written by Isaac.