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manish_tanwar
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Databricks streamlit app for data ingestion in a table

I am using this code in a notebook to save data row on table. And it is working perfectly. And now I am using the same function to save data from a chatbot in streamlit chatbot application of databricks and I am getting error for ERROR ##############...

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jaideep
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HI @manish_tanwar - Do you mind posting the code for others' reference? Thank you!

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aswithap
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Feasibility of Dynamically Reusing Common user defined functions Across Multiple DLT Notebooks

Hi @DataBricks team,I'm exploring ways to enable dynamic reusability of common user defined functions across multiple notebooks in a DLT (Delta Live Tables) pipeline. The goal is to avoid duplicating code and maintain a centralized location for commo...

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ashraf1395
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A simple solution and recommedned approach can be - If possible you can club all those common user defined functions in a structured python package / whl file.Now once this whl file is created you can simply upload it to your catalog volume and the f...

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aravind-ey
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vocareum lab access

Hi I am doing a data engineering course in databricks(Partner labs) and would like to have access to vocareum workspace to practice using the demo sessions.can you please help me to get the access to this workspace?regards,Aravind

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twnlBO
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Can you please provide links? screenshot? more info? This answer is not specific enough.I'm taking the Data Analysis learning path, there are different demos I'd like to practice and there are no SP Lab environment links as mentioned in the videos.

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vishaldevarajan
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Unable to read excel files in the Azure databricks (UC enabled workspace)

Hello,After adding the maven library com.crealytics:spark-excel_2.12:0.13.5 under the artifact allowlist, I have installed it at the Azure databricks cluster level (shared, unity catalog enabled, runtime 15.4). Then I tried to create a df for the exc...

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BigRoux
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I did a little more digging and found further information:   Unity Catalog does not natively support reading Excel files directly. Based on the provided context, there are a few key points to consider: Third-Party Libraries: Reading Excel files in D...

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carlos_tasayco
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Power bi connection

https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-will-refresh-your-powerbi-semantic-model-both-dataset-metadata-and-data-4e8279e10b8eAbove is what I am trying to do, I already created the connection apparently all looks good, I added the task to my workfl...

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walgt
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Resolved! Databricks data engineer associate exam

Hi everyone,I'm preparing for the Databricks Data Engineer Associate certification. On the Databricks website, they list the following self-paced courses available in Databricks Academy for exam preparation:Data Ingestion with Delta LakeDeploy Worklo...

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BigRoux
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Greetings, Yes, you have identified the correct sequence of courses to take before attempting the exam. I would also recommend gaining at least six months of practical experience using Databricks for data engineering tasks prior to sitting for the ce...

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daan_dw
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Writing files using multithreading to dbfs

Hello,I am reading in xml files from AWS S3 and storing them on dbfs:/ using multithreaded code. The code itself seems to be fine as for the first +- 100 000 files it works without issues and I can see the data arriving on DBFS.However it will always...

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Sadam97
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Predictive Optimization is not running

We have enabled predictive optimization at account level and metastore level. The enables check box can be seen in catalog details and table details. When i query the system.storage.predictive_optimization_operations_history table, it is still empty....

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BigRoux
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I can't help with your specifc workspace as I don't have access to any customer environment. Support can help if you open a ticket with them but at this point I am out suggestions.

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ShivangiB
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Not Able To Access GCP storage bucket from Databricks

While running :df = spark.read.format("csv") \    .option("header", "true") \    .option("inferSchema", "true") \    .load('path')df.show()Getting error : java.io.IOException: Invalid PKCS8 data.Cluster Spark Config : spark.hadoop.fs.gs.auth.service....

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BigRoux
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At this point it is out of my area of knowledge and I don't havey any further suggestions. You may want to consider contacting Databricks Support if you have a support contract.

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htd350
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Predictive Optimization & Serverless Compute

Hello,I have a hard time understanding how predictive optimization if serverless compute is not enabled. According to the documentation:Predictive optimization identifies tables that would benefit from ANALYZE, OPTIMIZE, and VACUUM operations and que...

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Phani1
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Resolved! Databricks with Private cloud

Hi Databricks Team,Is it possible for Databricks to offer support for private cloud environments other than Azure, GCP, and AWS? The client intends to utilize Databricks in their own cloud for enhanced security. If this is feasible, what is the proce...

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mtatusDHS
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We're looking at Databricks, but would prefer to use a Pure Storage Array to house data, mostly because of the cost of data storage for cloud providers. We're okay using cloud compute, but storage is much more feasible for us with local/private stora...

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frosti_pro
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UC external tables to managed tables

Dear community, I would like to know if there are any procedure and/or recommendation to safely and efficiently migrate UC external tables to managed tables (in a production context with high volume of data)? Thank you for your support!

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ashraf1395
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Hi there @frosti_pro , So you can have a look at this blog https://www.databricks.com/blog/migrating-tables-hive-metastore-unity-catalog-metastore , helped me a lot when we were doing migrations for a clientThere's a tool from databricks called datab...

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