topic Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format in Data Engineering

Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

WayneDeleersnyd — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:00:07 GMT

My team and I noticed an issue lately where notebooks, when exported to HTML format, are not viewable in a stand-alone state anymore. Older notebooks which were exported have no issues, but newer exports are not viewable. The only way we can view the notebook is by importing the notebook and viewing it from the web, which is impractical for the purposes of sharing.

Is there a way to resolve this issue, or has anyone else encountered this issue?

Thanks,

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

cconnell — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:03:57 GMT

Just export the "source", then it is readable code.

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

Hubert-Dudek — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:12:01 GMT

Have you tried also via API?

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

WayneDeleersnyd — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:15:41 GMT

My goal isn’t to read the code. When exporting in HTML we’re able to view output and graphs, but we can’t view anything right now. We see a flash of cells, then the page goes blank.

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

WayneDeleersnyd — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:16:23 GMT

I haven’t tried via API but I need it to work from the notebook.

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

Hubert-Dudek — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:17:04 GMT

what is distribution? (Azure or Free Community etc.) so I will test with dashboard

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

WayneDeleersnyd — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:34:04 GMT

It’s Azure, but I’m now wondering if it was an issue that has been resolved. Exported HTML files now appear to be rendering.

It would be good to know for sure though.

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

jose_gonzalez — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:01:42 GMT

what is the error you are getting? have you seen the docs https://docs.databricks.com/notebooks/notebooks-manage.html#export-a-notebook

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

WayneDeleersnyd — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 04:40:16 GMT

There's no error message. Just a flash and then a blank screen. I should note that I'm only seeing this if there are results in the notebook. If it's a notebook with no results then I see the contents of the notebook with no results.

Previously I would see the results. Per the documentation "When you export a notebook as HTML, IPython notebook, or archive (DBC), and you have not cleared the results, the results of running the notebook are included." But now I see nothing 😞

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

DavidLin — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:39:52 GMT

There was a bug with rendering exported HTML in notebooks with notebook workflows (dbutils.notebook.run). The fix was rolled out, but may not have reached some single tenant deployments yet.

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

cconnell — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:50:14 GMT

I can confirm that the Community Edition now does correct readable HTML export.

Re: Unable to view exported notebooks in HTML format

WayneDeleersnyd — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:54:10 GMT

ok, great. I just noticed last night that I could now again export and view the contents of an HTML export that had results in the notebook.

Any idea where we'd see an announcement saying they rolled out a fix?