Assuming the original data engineer no longer has access, which of the following individuals must be the one to transfer ownership of the Delta tables in Data Explorer?

A data engineer has left the organization. The data team needs to transfer ownership of the data engineer’s Delta tables to a new data engineer. The new data engineer is the lead engineer on the data team.

Assuming the original data engineer no longer has access, which of the following individuals must be the one to transfer ownership of the Delta tables in Data Explorer?
A . Databricks account representative
B . This transfer is not possible
C . Workspace administrator
D . New lead data engineer
E . Original data engineer

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Answer: C

Explanation:

The workspace administrator is the only individual who can transfer ownership of the Delta tables in Data Explorer, assuming the original data engineer no longer has access. The workspace administrator has the highest level of permissions in the workspace and can manage all resources, users, and groups. The other options are either not possible or not sufficient to perform the ownership transfer. The Databricks account representative is not involved in the workspace management. The transfer is possible and not dependent on the original data engineer. The new lead data engineer may not have the necessary permissions to access or modify the Delta tables, unless granted by the workspace administrator or the original data engineer before leaving.

Reference: Workspace access control, Manage Unity Catalog object ownership.