https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141389#M468 <P><SPAN>appreciated</SPAN></P> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:46:07 GMT Yogesh_Verma_ 2025-12-08T11:46:07Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141293#M464 <P><STRONG>A bright and buzzing start to December in the Databricks Community! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":snowflake:">❄️</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</span></STRONG><BR />Even as the year winds down, the conversations here only get sharper – packed with smart solutions, solid wins, and&nbsp;a flow of ideas that kept the community glowing.<BR />Here’s everything that sparked the Community this week <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":backhand_index_pointing_down:">👇</span></P> <HR /> <P><FONT size="4" color="#FF0000"><STRONG><SPAN><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":flexed_biceps:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":flexed_biceps:">💪</span></SPAN>&nbsp;Standout Contributors</SPAN></STRONG></FONT></P> <P>Huge thanks to all the minds who powered this week’s discussions – and great to see some of our contributors jumping back into the game! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":glowing_star:">🌟</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":smiling_face_with_sunglasses:">😎</span></P> <P><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/25346">@Hubert-Dudek</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/179607" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@Raman_Unifeye</A>&nbsp; |&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/110502">@szymon_dybczak</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/179536" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@Coffee77</A>&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/193092" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@bianca_unifeye</A></STRONG><STRONG><BR /><BR />+&nbsp;Top Brickster contributors:<BR /></STRONG></P> <P><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/34815">@Louis_Frolio</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|&nbsp;&nbsp;<A href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/112558" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@iyashk-DB</A>&nbsp;<SPAN><BR /><BR /></SPAN></STRONG><FONT size="2"><EM>Note: Names are listed in no particular order.</EM></FONT></P> <HR /> <P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#FF0000"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":handshake:">🤝</span>&nbsp; Community Connect: Meetup &amp; Talk</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/bangalore/lakehouse-lagers-amp-legends-bangalore-meetup-december-13/m-p/140987#M130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lakehouse, Lagers &amp; Legends — Bangalore Meetup | December 13</A></LI> <LI><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/databrickstv/recording-bricktalks-vibe-coding-databricks-apps-in-replit/ba-p/141197" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recording! BrickTalks: Vibe Coding Databricks Apps in Replit</A></LI> </UL> <HR /> <P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#FF0000"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":pushpin:">📌</span>&nbsp; Technical Blogs</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/driving-revenue-with-data-how-vehicle-service-notes-unlock/ba-p/139347" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Driving Revenue with Data: How Vehicle Service Notes Unlock Upsell Opportunities</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/how-to-perform-semantic-search-in-databricks-lakebase/ba-p/139846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to perform Semantic Search in Databricks Lakebase</A></SPAN></LI> </UL> <HR /> <P><STRONG><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":newspaper:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":newspaper:">📰</span></SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size="4" color="#FF0000"><SPAN>Community Articles</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/why-your-delta-lake-merge-takes-forever-and-how-to-fix-it/td-p/140636" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why Your Delta Lake MERGE Takes Forever (And How to Fix It)</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/distributed-ml-on-databricks-serverless/td-p/140649" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Distributed ML on Databricks Serverless</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/the-medallion-architecture-why-data-layers-matter-for-modern/td-p/140825" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Medallion Architecture: Why Data Layers Matter for Modern Organisations</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/your-coworkers-don-t-get-databricks-here-s-how-to-fix-that/td-p/140939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Your Coworkers Don't Get Databricks? Here's How to Fix That.</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/a-governance-first-unified-namespace-why-manufacturers-need/td-p/140632" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A Governance-First Unified Namespace:Why Manufacturers Need Unity Catalog to Scale Industry 4.0 Data</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/community-articles/spark-jobs-view-on-a-serverless-cluster-naah/m-p/141198#M51657" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spark Jobs View on a serverless cluster!! Naah.....</A></SPAN></LI> </UL> <HR /> <P><STRONG><FONT size="4" color="#FF0000"><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":globe_showing_americas:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":christmas_tree:">🎄</span><SPAN>&nbsp; Advent Calendar Spotlight -</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT size="4" color="#FF0000"><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":globe_showing_americas:">&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="#FF0000"><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":globe_showing_americas:">kickstarted by&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT><FONT color="#FF0000"><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":globe_showing_americas:"><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/25346">@Hubert-Dudek</a>&nbsp;</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/databricks-advent-calendar-2025/m-p/140868#M11104" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Databricks Advent Calendar 2025</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/databricks-advent-calendar-2025-3/m-p/140995#M11113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Databricks Advent Calendar 2025 #3</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/databricks-advent-calendar-2025-4/m-p/141141#M11130" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Databricks Advent Calendar 2025 #4</A></SPAN></LI> </UL> <HR /> <P><FONT color="#FF0000"><STRONG><FONT size="4"><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":magnifying_glass_tilted_left:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":magnifying_glass_tilted_left:">🔍</span>&nbsp;</SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;What the Community Talked About</SPAN></FONT></STRONG></FONT></P> <P>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Highlights from the Discussions<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":backhand_index_pointing_down:">👇</span></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/create-external-table-using-iceberg-not-working/m-p/140797#M51534" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Create external table using iceberg not working</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/get-started-discussions/how-to-optimize-data-pipeline-development-on-databricks-for/m-p/140856#M11101" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How to Optimize Data Pipeline Development on Databricks for Large-Scale Workloads?</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/uc-volumes-not-useable-in-apps/m-p/141000#M4581" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UC volumes not useable in Apps?</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN data-sheets-root="1"><A class="in-cell-link" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/generative-ai/issue-with-ai-parse-document-not-extracting-text-from-images-in/m-p/141099#M1495" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Issue with ai_parse_document Not Extracting Text from Images in PDF</A></SPAN></LI> <LI><A href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/only-png-format-is-available-for-databricks-dashboard-table/m-p/140902#M51569" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN data-sheets-root="1">ONLY PNG format is available for databricks dashboard table download</SPAN></A></LI> <LI><A href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/generative-ai/custom-mcp-deployment/td-p/140436" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><SPAN data-sheets-root="1">Custom MCP deployment</SPAN></A></LI> </UL> <HR /> <P><STRONG><FONT color="#FF0000"><SPAN class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":white_heavy_check_mark:"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":white_heavy_check_mark:">✅</span></SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT size="4">Top Resolved Posts</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P> <P><SPAN data-sheets-root="1">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;December started with clarity! These threads got wrapped up with SOLUTIONS<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":backhand_index_pointing_down:">👇</span></SPAN></P> <UL> <LI><SPAN>remote_query() is not working</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN>Best practices for the meta data driven ETL framework</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN>Databricks Free-Edition - Hive_Metastore</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN>Establishing a Connection between ADLS Gen2, Databricks and ADF In Microsoft Azure</SPAN></LI> <LI><SPAN>How to restrict the values permitted in a job or task parameter?</SPAN></LI> </UL> <HR /> <P data-start="51" data-end="268">Huge thanks to all the voices who stepped in this week – your solutions, ideas, and conversations brought real energy into the Community. You’ve set a brilliant tone for December, and here’s to even more bright moments ahead! <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sparkles:">✨</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</span></P> Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:41:40 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141293#M464 Advika 2025-12-05T19:41:40Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141305#M465 <P>Thanks for mentioning again, really cool community&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P> Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:26:13 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141305#M465 Coffee77 2025-12-06T08:26:13Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141311#M466 <P><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/152834">@Advika</a>&nbsp;Thanks for the shout-out. Lot to learn and lot to contribute.&nbsp;</P> Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:24:28 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141311#M466 Raman_Unifeye 2025-12-06T10:24:28Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141384#M467 <P><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/152834">@Advika</a>&nbsp; Much appreciated!&nbsp;</P> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:39:20 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141384#M467 bianca_unifeye 2025-12-08T11:39:20Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141389#M468 <P><SPAN>appreciated</SPAN></P> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 11:46:07 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141389#M468 Yogesh_Verma_ 2025-12-08T11:46:07Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141400#M469 <P><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/152834">@Advika</a>&nbsp;thank you for mentioning!</P> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:06:06 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141400#M469 Hubert-Dudek 2025-12-08T12:06:06Z https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141401#M470 <P>Thanks&nbsp;<a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/152834">@Advika</a>&nbsp;!</P> Mon, 08 Dec 2025 12:07:34 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-november-28-december-04-2025/m-p/141401#M470 szymon_dybczak 2025-12-08T12:07:34Z