Explore models

In Catalog Explorer you can view model schema details, preview sample data, model type, model location, model history, frequent queries and users, and other details.

For information about using Catalog Explorer to set model ownership and permissions, see Manage Unity Catalog object ownership in Catalog Explorer and Manage Unity Catalog permissions in Catalog Explorer.

View model information

  1. Click Catalog icon Catalog in the sidebar.

  2. Select a compute resource from the drop-down list at the top right.

  3. In the Catalog Explorer tree at the left, open a catalog and select a schema.

  4. In the right side of the screen, click the Models tab. You can filter models by typing text in the Filter models field.

    Filter models
  5. Click a model to see more information. The model details page shows a list of model versions with additional information. From this page you can set model aliases.

    model details page

View model version information and model lineage

To view more information about a model version, click its name in the list of models. Details of the model version appear, including a link to the MLflow run that created the model.

model version page

From this page, you can view the lineage of the model as follows:

  1. Select the Lineage tab. The left sidebar shows components that were logged with the model.

    Lineage tab on model page in Catalog Explorer
  2. Click See lineage graph. The lineage graph appears. For details about exploring the lineage graph, see Capture and explore lineage.

    lineage screen
  3. To close the lineage graph, click close button for lineage graph in the upper-right corner.

Serve a model behind an endpoint

From the model details page, click Catalog Explorer serve model button to serve the model behind a model serving endpoint.