topic Re: 🌟 Community Pulse: Your Weekly Roundup! July 20 – August 02, 2026 in Announcements

topic Re: 🌟 Community Pulse: Your Weekly Roundup! July 20 – August 02, 2026 in Announcements https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-july-20-august-02-2026/m-p/165026#M978 <P>Kudos to all the members and bricksters for their contributions <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":clapping_hands:">👏</span><BR />Thanks for sharing <a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/152834">@Advika</a>!</P> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:20:09 GMT Sumit_7 2026-08-06T13:20:09Z 🌟 Community Pulse: Your Weekly Roundup! July 20 – August 02, 2026 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-july-20-august-02-2026/m-p/164880#M970 <DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; max-width: 900px; margin: auto; color: #0b2026; line-height: 1.6;"> <DIV style="background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 35px; margin-bottom: 40px; text-align: left; position: relative;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right" image-alt="Untitled design (12).png" style="width: 248px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/25594i7FCB596E1C4E4F2F/image-dimensions/248x247?v=v2" width="248" height="247" role="button" title="Untitled design (12).png" alt="Untitled design (12).png" /></span> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.5px; margin-bottom: 10px;">The Weekly Digest • July 20 – August 2</DIV> <H1 style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; color: #f9f7f4; font-size: 36px; letter-spacing: -0.5px;">Community Pulse</H1> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 18px; color: #eeede9;">From technical deep-dives to trending discussions – your community digest is here. <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":rolled_up_newspaper:">🗞</span><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":speech_balloon:">💬</span></P> </DIV> <DIV> <H3 style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":sports_medal:">🏅</span><FONT face="helvetica" color="#000000"> OUR STANDOUT <FONT color="#FF0000">COMMUNITY STARS<BR /></FONT></FONT></H3> <P style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px;">  Celebrating the members who made a difference this period <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":flexed_biceps:">💪</span>:</P> <DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 15px; margin-bottom: 30px;"> <DIV style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: #eeede9; padding: 10px 25px; border-radius: 50px; border: 1px solid #ff3621; min-width: 140px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(255,54,33,0.18);"><SPAN><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/210897">@balajij8</a></STRONG></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: #eeede9; padding: 10px 25px; border-radius: 50px; border: 1px solid #ff3621; min-width: 140px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(255,54,33,0.18);"><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/245078">@binlogreader</a></STRONG></DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: #eeede9; padding: 10px 25px; border-radius: 50px; border: 1px solid #ff3621; min-width: 140px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(255,54,33,0.18);"><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/245135">@ThomazNeto</a></STRONG></DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: #eeede9; padding: 10px 25px; border-radius: 50px; border: 1px solid #ff3621; min-width: 140px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(255,54,33,0.18);"><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/102548">@Brahmareddy</a></STRONG></DIV> </DIV> <P style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 15px; color: #0b2026; font-size: 16px;"><STRONG>+ Top Brickster contributor:</STRONG></P> <DIV style="display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;"> <DIV style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: #eeede9; padding: 10px 25px; border-radius: 50px; border: 1px solid #0b2026; min-width: 140px; box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(11,32,38,0.15);"><STRONG><a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/77492">@adnan_alvee</a></STRONG></DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; justify-content: center; align-items: center; background-color: #eeede9; padding: 10px 25px; border-radius: 50px; 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background: linear-gradient(135deg,#1c3d50 0%,#0b2026 100%); text-align: center; border-bottom: 3px solid #ff3621;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="10_platform_architecture_evaluation.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29719i5BA4BCE2252AAE27/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="10_platform_architecture_evaluation.png" alt="10_platform_architecture_evaluation.png" /></span></DIV> <DIV style="padding: 16px 18px 18px;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 1.2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Technical Blog</DIV> <A class="in-cell-link" style="display: block; color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.2px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 12px;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/open-source-doesn-t-mean-you-re-free-managed-service-closed/ba-p/156800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Open Source Doesn't Mean You're Free. Managed Service/Closed Source Doesn't Mean You're Locked-in</A><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #ff3621; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/open-source-doesn-t-mean-you-re-free-managed-service-closed/ba-p/156800" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read article <SPAN>→</SPAN></A></DIV> </DIV> </TD> <TD width="33%" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 33%; vertical-align: top; padding: 8px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word;"> <DIV style="background: #fff; border-radius: 10px; overflow: hidden; box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(11,32,38,0.08);"> <DIV style="height: 150px; background: linear-gradient(135deg,#1c3d50 0%,#0b2026 100%); text-align: center; border-bottom: 3px solid #ff3621;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Gemini_Generated_Image_c43r46c43r46c43r.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29720i85D08B6903CCDAE8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Gemini_Generated_Image_c43r46c43r46c43r.png" alt="Gemini_Generated_Image_c43r46c43r46c43r.png" /></span></DIV> <DIV style="padding: 16px 18px 18px;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; 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font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -0.2px; word-break: break-word; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin-bottom: 12px;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/agentops-on-databricks-operating-production-ai-agents/ba-p/163602" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AgentOps on Databricks: Operating Production AI Agents</A><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #ff3621; text-decoration: none; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/technical-blog/agentops-on-databricks-operating-production-ai-agents/ba-p/163602" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Read article <SPAN>→</SPAN></A></DIV> </DIV> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; align-items: center; margin: 28px 0;"> <DIV style="width: 36px; height: 5px; background-color: #ff3621; border-radius: 4px; flex-shrink: 0;"> </DIV> <DIV style="flex-grow: 1; height: 2px; background-color: #eeede9; margin-left: 12px; border-radius: 4px;"> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <H3 style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><LI-EMOJI src="https://community.databricks.com/🔥" class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:"></LI-EMOJI> Active <FONT color="#FF0000">Discussions</FONT></H3> <DIV style="background-color: #f9f7f4; border-left: 4px solid #ff3621; padding: 12px 25px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; border-top: 1px solid #eeede9; border-right: 1px solid #eeede9; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;"> <P style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; font-size: 16px;">Threads that kept the community talking <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":eyes:">👀</LI-EMOJI></P> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</LI-EMOJI></SPAN></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/lakeflow-community-connector-issue-modulenotfounderror-no-module/m-p/163634#M55162" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lakeflow Community Connector Issue - ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'databricks.labs'</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</LI-EMOJI></SPAN></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/sdp-meta-dlt-meta-vs-lakeflow-framework-when-should-we-use-which/m-p/163646#M55166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sdp-meta (dlt-meta) vs lakeflow_framework: when should we use which?</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</LI-EMOJI></SPAN></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/generative-ai/supervisor-agent-or-knowledge-assistant-not-available/m-p/164303#M1977" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Supervisor Agent or Knowledge assistant not available</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</LI-EMOJI></SPAN></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-do-you-keep-a-plain-delta-copy-of-a-streaming-table-clone-is/m-p/163818#M55191" target="_blank" rel="noopener">How do you keep a plain Delta copy of a streaming table? CLONE is not supported on streaming tables</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #eeede9;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><SPAN><span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":fire:">🔥</LI-EMOJI></SPAN></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-governance/ui-sends-empty-managed-identity-id-breaks-storage-credential/m-p/163748#M2911" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UI sends empty managed_identity_id, breaks storage credential creation with system-assigned Access</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; 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color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.6; font-style: italic;">These are just the highlights – head to the community to see everything that's buzzing.</P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; align-items: center; margin: 28px 0;"> <DIV style="width: 36px; height: 5px; background-color: #ff3621; border-radius: 4px; flex-shrink: 0;"> </DIV> <DIV style="flex-grow: 1; height: 2px; background-color: #eeede9; margin-left: 12px; border-radius: 4px;"> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <H3 style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 25px;"><LI-EMOJI src="https://community.databricks.com/📢" class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":loudspeaker:"></LI-EMOJI> Community <FONT color="#FF0000">Newsroom</FONT>: Announcements & Events</H3> <DIV style="background-color: #0b2026; border-radius: 12px; padding: 35px; border-left: 6px solid #ff3621;"> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.26.24 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29729i3388D16A0A1FA4D8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.26.24 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.26.24 PM.png" /></span><BR /></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● GEnie hub</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/introducing-the-genie-hub-ask-questions-share-builds-and-master/m-p/163787#M929" target="_self">Introducing the Genie Hub: Ask Questions, Share Builds, and Master Conversational Analytics</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.31.41 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29734iF199DB88CD0125A7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.31.41 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.31.41 PM.png" /></span><BR /></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Product Post</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/announcement-automatic-upgrades-best-practice-features-for-your/m-p/163882#M931" target="_self">Announcement | Automatic Upgrades: best practice features for your lakehouse tables</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.30.17 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29733iD5B23BB924FD3668/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.30.17 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.30.17 PM.png" /></span></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Customer Story</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/customer-story-driving-66m-in-revenue-with-predictive-customer/m-p/163914#M932" target="_self">CUSTOMER STORY | Driving $66M in revenue with predictive customer acquisition</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.40.27 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29740iE7D7F16EB0F998E5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.40.27 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.40.27 PM.png" /></span><BR /></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Product Post</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/announcement-what-happens-in-the-milliseconds-after-you-tap-pay/m-p/164216#M937" target="_self">Announcement | What happens in the milliseconds after you tap pay</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.33.17 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29736i29B9AA04B1D6EF79/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.33.17 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.33.17 PM.png" /></span></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Customer Story</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/customer-story-ai-native-segment-discovery-for-customer/m-p/164487#M941" target="_self">CUSTOMER STORY | AI-native segment discovery for customer intelligence</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="community-page-partner-icon-2x.png" style="width: 74px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29737iD35A5DC5C1457B31/image-dimensions/74x74?v=v2" width="74" height="74" role="button" title="community-page-partner-icon-2x.png" alt="community-page-partner-icon-2x.png" /></span></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Databricks partners</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/congratulations-databricks-partners-you-re-now-officially/m-p/164503#M942" target="_self">Congratulations Databricks Partners! You're Now Officially Recognized in the Databricks Community</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" height="76px" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Share your ideas about Databricks (1).png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29738i179D7544C80F1B8D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Share your ideas about Databricks (1).png" alt="Share your ideas about Databricks (1).png" /></span></DIV> </TD> <TD height="76px" valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Product Post</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/share-your-genie-story-for-a-50-gift-card/m-p/164558#M945" target="_self">Share your Genie story for a $50 gift card!</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.38.53 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29739i4C219F4D31C289D7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.38.53 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 8.38.53 PM.png" /></span></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Product Post</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/lakebase-articles/announcement-foundational-context-cross-industry-amp-function/m-p/163517#M74" target="_self">Announcement | Foundational context: Cross-industry & function-specific accelerators for Lakebase</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 9.10.57 PM.png" style="width: 999px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29747iD12205C1A285DC80/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 9.10.57 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 9.10.57 PM.png" /></span></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● USer study</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/participate-in-a-databricks-user-study/m-p/164442#M5485" target="_self">Participate in a Databricks User Study</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <DIV style="height: 1px; background-color: #eeede9; opacity: 0.15; margin: 25px 0;"> </DIV> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="130" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 130px; padding-right: 24px;"> <DIV style="width: 130px; height: 75px; background: #fff; border-radius: 8px; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgba(255,54,33,0.25); box-shadow: 0 4px 14px rgba(0,0,0,0.35); text-align: center;"><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 9.09.47 PM.png" style="width: 670px;"><img src="https://community.databricks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29746iCF1C24CA9B760BE0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 9.09.47 PM.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-08-04 at 9.09.47 PM.png" /></span><BR /></DIV> </TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;"> <DIV style="color: #ff3621; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px; margin-bottom: 8px;">● Event</DIV> <P style="margin: 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;"><STRONG><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #f9f7f4; text-decoration: none;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/learning-events/govern-ai-spend-at-scale-a-data-driven-approach-to-ai-governance/ec-p/164253#M10150" target="_self">Govern AI Spend at Scale: A Data-Driven Approach to AI Governance</A></STRONG></P> </TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; align-items: center; margin: 28px 0;"> <DIV style="width: 36px; height: 5px; background-color: #ff3621; border-radius: 4px; flex-shrink: 0;"> </DIV> <DIV style="flex-grow: 1; height: 2px; background-color: #eeede9; margin-left: 12px; border-radius: 4px;"> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <H3 style="margin-top: 0; color: #0b2026; font-size: 22px; margin-bottom: 20px;"><LI-EMOJI src="https://community.databricks.com/✅" class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":white_check_mark:"></LI-EMOJI> Questions That Found Their <FONT color="#FF0000">Answer</FONT></H3> <DIV style="background-color: #f2faf5; border-left: 4px solid #1a8f4c; padding: 12px 25px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; border-top: 1px solid #dfeee4; border-right: 1px solid #dfeee4; border-bottom: 1px solid #dfeee4;"> <P style="margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 4px; font-size: 16px;"><SPAN>Highlighting a few of the many threads that reached a solution this period</SPAN> <LI-EMOJI src="https://community.databricks.com/🎯" class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":dart:"></LI-EMOJI></P> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #dfeee4;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><FONT color="#008000"><SPAN>✔</SPAN></FONT></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/databricks-free-edition-help/is-there-a-cost-for-databricks-workflow-notifications-or-are/m-p/163473#M846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Is there a cost for Databricks Workflow notifications or are they free?</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #dfeee4;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" height="43px" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><FONT color="#008000"><SPAN>✔</SPAN></FONT></TD> <TD height="43px" valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/ncc-private-endpoint-cannot-be-added/m-p/163672#M5455" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NCC private endpoint cannot be added</A></TD> <TD width="20" height="43px" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #dfeee4;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><FONT color="#008000"><SPAN>✔</SPAN></FONT></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/datafactory-insists-on-cluster-compute-but-databricks-defaults/m-p/163521#M55144" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Datafactory insists on Cluster compute BUT Databricks defaults to Serverless compute!</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; border-bottom: 1px solid #dfeee4;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><FONT color="#008000"><SPAN>✔</SPAN></FONT></TD> <TD valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/machine-learning/snowflake-or-databricks/m-p/163543#M4656" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Snowflake OR Databricks</A></TD> <TD width="20" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <TABLE style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none;" border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="18" height="43px" valign="top" style="border: none; width: 18px; padding: 8px 0; text-align: center;"><FONT color="#008000"><SPAN>✔</SPAN></FONT></TD> <TD height="43px" valign="middle" style="border: none; padding: 8px 0 8px 2px;"><A class="in-cell-link" style="color: #0b2026; text-decoration: none; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.45; font-weight: 600;" href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/generative-ai/enforcing-minimum-cohort-size-in-a-databricks-app-with-ai-bi/m-p/163552#M1957" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Enforcing Minimum Cohort Size in a Databricks App with AI/BI Genie</A></TD> <TD width="20" height="43px" valign="middle" style="border: none; width: 20px; text-align: right; padding: 8px 0;"><SPAN>↗</SPAN></TD> </TR> </TBODY> </TABLE> <P style="margin: 14px 0 0 6px; font-size: 13px; color: #0b2026; opacity: 0.6; font-style: italic;">These are just the highlights – head to the community to see everything that's buzzing.</P> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="display: flex; align-items: center; margin: 28px 0;"> <DIV style="width: 36px; height: 5px; background-color: #ff3621; border-radius: 4px; flex-shrink: 0;"> </DIV> <DIV style="flex-grow: 1; height: 2px; background-color: #eeede9; margin-left: 12px; border-radius: 4px;"> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV style="text-align: left; padding-bottom: 20px;"> <P style="font-size: 16px; margin: 0; color: #0b2026;"><STRONG>Powered by You <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":high_voltage:">⚡</LI-EMOJI></STRONG><BR />This community runs on curiosity and generosity, and you brought both. 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Congrats to the other Stars and the Brickster contributors too.</P> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:18:07 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-july-20-august-02-2026/m-p/164889#M971 Brahmareddy 2026-08-04T21:18:07Z Re: 🌟 Community Pulse: Your Weekly Roundup! July 20 – August 02, 2026 https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-july-20-august-02-2026/m-p/165026#M978 <P>Kudos to all the members and bricksters for their contributions <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":clapping_hands:">👏</LI-EMOJI><BR />Thanks for sharing <a href="https://community.databricks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/152834">@Advika</a>!</P> Thu, 06 Aug 2026 13:20:09 GMT https://community.databricks.com/t5/announcements/community-pulse-your-weekly-roundup-july-20-august-02-2026/m-p/165026#M978 Sumit_7 2026-08-06T13:20:09Z