How/where can I see a list of my dbfs files?

[dtabass]

When using the Community Edition, I'm trying to find a place in the UI where I can browse the files that I've uploaded to dbfs. How/where can I do that? When I try to view them from the Data sidebar I see nothing, yet I know they're there, as if I use a %fs cell and do an ls I can see them. (And I can read them into dataframes, etc.) Help? Thx! (BTW, it's kind of annoying IMO that they are silently versioned with -1, -2, etc. name changes. My wish would be for a "replace" option when uploading.)

[-werners-]

@Michael Carey​, The only UI I am aware of is the one in the sidebar (Data -> DBFS).

Where do you store your files? In FileStore?

[Kaniz]

Hi @Michael Carey​ ,

You can browse and search for DBFS objects using the DBFS file browser.

Note:-

An admin user must enable the DBFS browser interface before you can use it. See Manage the DBFS file browser.

1. Click Data in the sidebar.
2. Click the DBFS button at the top of the page.

The browser displays DBFS objects in a hierarchy of vertical swimlanes. Select an object to expand the hierarchy. Use Prefix search in any swimlane to find a DBFS object.

 

As an admin user, you can manage your users’ ability to browse data in the Databricks File System (DBFS) using the visual browser interface.

1. Go to the admin console.
2. Click the Workspace Settings tab.
3. In the Advanced section, click the DBFS File Browser toggle.
4. Click Confirm.

This setting does not control programmatic access to the Databricks File System, for example through the DBFS command-line interface.

[dtabass]

Thanks! I'm in the community edition so I didn't realize that some things like that would be disabled but enable-able. Found it and enabled it.

BUT NOW - I am getting (for the last 24 hours or so, independent of having enabled this) the following persistent error. Suggestions? I get this when I click on the Data browser icon on the left pane which should now be enabled.

[dtabass]

UPDATE: Tried clearing browser history and cached stuff; no change. Tried restarting Chrome, bingo. It's working now and I can browse my data files. Thx!

SUGGESTION: Enable this by default for community edition users since we are always going to be the only user and an admin user. 🙂

[Kaniz]

Hi @Michael Carey​ , I'm glad it's working now. Would you like to mark an answer as the best?

Also, Thank you for your suggestion. Please submit your idea on the ideas portal.

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For a quick tutorial on submitting an idea, watch this video.

[dtabass]

FURTHER UPDATE: I am intermittently getting that persistent error - it's definitely a bug of some sort and I need to know how to make it disappear.