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Databricks Demos

BS_THE_ANALYST — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 12:58:06 GMT

I'm looking to build or select a demo in Databricks. Has anyone found any of the particular Databricks demos to deliver a "wow" factor. I am new to Databricks and I'm looking to use one of the staple demos if possible.

All the best,
BS

Re: Databricks Demos

MariuszK — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:29:21 GMT

I'm not sure if you find a ready to use demo, but you can try to move one of you existing process to create a PoC.
What is worth to present in Darabricks:

- Databricks Serverless SQL
- Databricks AI/BI genie (chatbot answering question about your data)
- Photon performance
- Databricks Lakeflow integration
- Rag application on Databricks

The content should depend if it's for technical audience or business users.

Re: Databricks Demos

BS_THE_ANALYST — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 13:36:23 GMT

thanks for the advice @MariuszK. Have you ever used the Demo materials available on Databricks? It seems like you can import all the necessary assets to showcase.

I will try this one https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tutorials/lakehouse-platform/c360-platform-reduce-churn?itm_data=demo_center and feedback.

All the best,
BS

Re: Databricks Demos

holly — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:07:19 GMT

I'd recommend dbdemos, to get started it's literally opening a notebook and going

%pip install dbdemos

In marketplace there's also solution accelerators, but they tend to showcase more specialist integrations.

Re: Databricks Demos

PenelopeHodge — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:53:18 GMT

The "Delta Lake" demo showcases great features and delivers impressive results!

Re: Databricks Demos

RockUdhav — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:59:28 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pee6_Sq3VY&t=12628s

Re: Databricks Demos

Rjdudley — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:14:12 GMT

> Has anyone found any of the particular Databricks demos to deliver a "wow" factor.

Yes, in fact the last two sprints I did POCs starting with Databricks' AI demos. First, who is your audience--business users, or other technology people? They'll be wowed by different things.

For my business users, the AI stuff offers a lot of razzle dazzle, but people need to realize you need to build A LOT of foundational stuff before you get there. The demos are good but did not install cleanly on my environment so I had to get into the underlying code and make some fixes, but all the better to learn from.

+1 for AI/BI Genie, this is self-serve BI (I market this internally as "talking to your own personal data analyst on your schedule"). My business users can't wait for us to finish the data foundation later this year. You can find those at https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/bi/ai-bi-for-end-users and https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/bi/databricks-aibi-genie.

Another one I learned a lot from is the tools-enabled LLM. There is a tour at https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/datascience/mosaic-ai-agent-tool-catalog and instructions to install the notebook are https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tutorials/data-science-and-ai/llm-tools-functions.

For technology audience, security demos are good, especially row/column level security (https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/governance-uc/row-and-column-level-security-with-unity-catalog) or data lineage/governance (https://www.databricks.com/resources/demos/tours/governance/unity-catalog-and-lineage)

Two notes on the demos: first, don't get suckered into the "free Databricks workspace" if you already have your own workspace, that's just the 14-day free trial. Second, pay attention to editing the config file for the demos so you can install them in the catalogs and schemas you want.

Re: Databricks Demos

BS_THE_ANALYST — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:30:32 GMT

Hi @Rjdudley. Thanks a lot for the really informative reply, I appreciate all the effort here and I love that you've been candid with the information 👍. That's certainly given me some food for thought for today, I'll be checking this out.

All the best,
BS

Re: Databricks Demos

BS_THE_ANALYST — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:38:14 GMT

Oh this is very cool, what a legend. This video is actually so useful. Just scanned through it. I'll be working my way through that over this week and next.

Have you sat any certifications yet?

All the best,
BS

Re: Databricks Demos

BS_THE_ANALYST — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 12:39:00 GMT

I'll check this out today, thanks a bunch for the recommendation @PenelopeHodge

All the best,
BS

Re: Databricks Demos

BS_THE_ANALYST — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 13:04:52 GMT

Great shout @holly. I meant to get around to this last week, but time wasn't kind. I'll check this out today.

All the best,
BS