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Explorer

The Explorer at /explore is Clone-Xs's metadata-first catalog browser. Unlike the Databricks UC UI, the Explorer is built around clone-readiness — every view shows what would happen if you cloned, what would fail preflight, and what's drifted since the last sync.

The left rail mirrors UC's three-level hierarchy:

Catalog → Schema → Table/View/Function

Each level shows lightweight metadata badges (size, table count, last-modified) so you don't have to expand to see scale.

Tabs​

Each table opens with a tabbed detail panel:

  • Overview — owner, comment, table type, format, location, created/modified
  • Columns — name, type, nullable, comment, PII tags, business-glossary links
  • Sample — top 100 rows via LIMIT query against the warehouse
  • History — Delta version history (commit ID, operation, user, metrics)
  • Properties — Delta table properties (tblproperties)
  • Lineage — upstream / downstream links from the system lineage table

Free-text search at the top of the rail searches across:

  • Table FQNs
  • Column names and types
  • Comments / descriptions
  • Business glossary terms

Results group by source (table / column / term) and link directly to the relevant Explorer panel.

Clone-from-here​

A prominent Clone button on each catalog/schema sends you to /clone with that scope pre-filled. For tables, the button opens Selective clone with that single FQN selected.

Filters​

  • PII only — show columns Clone-Xs has tagged as PII (see PII Detection)
  • Stale only — tables not modified in the last N days
  • Owned by me — filter by current authenticated user