topic Re: Unable to create folder in dbfs view in Databricks Free Edition Help

Unable to create folder in dbfs view

Lakshay_leo — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:29:16 GMT

When trying to create a folder in dbfs view, the folder doesn't get created. I am using the community edition to practice. Can somebody help ?

is it due to community edition or it is intended use ?

Re: Unable to create folder in dbfs view

Takuya-Omi — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:12:14 GMT

@Lakshay_leo

Could you share a bit more about what you’re trying to achieve?
Where exactly in DBFS do you want to create a new folder?

Re: Unable to create folder in dbfs view

Lakshay_leo — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:39:31 GMT

Here, I do a right click and it gives me an option to create folder, I put the name and press create. Then nothing happens

Re: Unable to create folder in dbfs view

Takuya-Omi — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:49:46 GMT

@Lakshay_leo

I understand. I also tried it, and I couldn’t create the folder either.

To create a new folder, you can specify the desired folder name in the "DBFS Target Directory" field when uploading a file to DBFS. For example, as shown in the image, specifying FileStore/test20250122 will create a new folder named test20250122 under the FileStore directory.

By the way, in a standard Databricks environment (not the Community Edition), you can simply click "Create Folder" to create a new folder.