> ## Documentation Index
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# Start Compute

export const ComponentMetadata = ({warehouses, unsupportedWarehouses = [], componentType, connectionInputs, connectionOutputs}) => {
  const allWarehouses = [...warehouses.map(w => ({
    name: w,
    supported: true
  })), ...unsupportedWarehouses.map(w => ({
    name: w,
    supported: false
  }))];
  return <div style={{
    background: 'var(--colors-background-light, #f9fafb)',
    border: '1px solid var(--colors-border-default, #e5e7eb)',
    borderRadius: '12px',
    padding: '20px 28px',
    marginBottom: '28px',
    boxShadow: '0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.10)'
  }}>
      <table style={{
    width: '100%',
    borderCollapse: 'collapse'
  }}>
        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle',
    width: '180px'
  }}>Project Availability</td>
            <td style={{
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>
              <div style={{
    display: 'flex',
    flexWrap: 'wrap',
    gap: '8px'
  }}>
                {allWarehouses.map((w, i) => <span key={i} style={{
    background: w.supported ? '#dcfce7' : '#fee2e2',
    color: w.supported ? '#15803d' : '#b91c1c',
    border: `1px solid ${w.supported ? '#bbf7d0' : '#fca5a5'}`,
    borderRadius: '9999px',
    padding: '3px 12px',
    fontSize: '0.85rem',
    fontWeight: '500',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap'
  }}>
                    {w.name} {w.supported ? '✅' : '❌'}
                  </span>)}
              </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>Component Type</td>
            <td style={{
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>{componentType}</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>Connection Inputs</td>
            <td style={{
    paddingBottom: '14px',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>{connectionInputs}</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td style={{
    fontWeight: '600',
    paddingRight: '32px',
    whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>Connection Outputs</td>
            <td style={{
    verticalAlign: 'middle'
  }}>{connectionOutputs}</td>
          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>;
};

<ComponentMetadata warehouses={["Databricks"]} unsupportedWarehouses={["Snowflake", "Amazon Redshift", "BigQuery"]} componentType="Orchestration" connectionInputs="One" connectionOutputs="Unlimited" />

The Start Compute component ensures that the environment's default Databricks cluster is running before the pipeline continues.

The component's behavior depends on the state of the compute at the time of execution:

* **If the compute is already running**, it does nothing (simply succeeds).
* **If the compute is starting**, it waits until the start process is complete.
* **If the compute can be started**, it actively starts the compute and waits until it finishes starting.
* **If the compute cannot be started** (e.g., because it's stopping or in an error state), the component fails.

In short, this component guarantees that the compute is running before any subsequent components in the pipeline execute.

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## Properties

<ResponseField name="Name" type="string" required>
  A human-readable name for the component.
</ResponseField>