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Rjdudley
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Resolved! Lakeflow Connect: can't change general privilege requirements

I want to set up Lakeflow Connect to ETL data from Azure SQL Server (Microsoft SQL Azure (RTM) - 12.0.2000.8 Feb 9 2025) using change tracking (we don't need the data retention of CDC).  In the documentation, there is a list off system tables, views ...

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mark_ott
Databricks Employee
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You are hitting a known limitation in Azure SQL Database: it does not allow you to grant or modify permissions directly on most system objects, such as system stored procedures, catalog views, or extended stored procedures, resulting in the error "Ms...

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ironv
by New Contributor
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Unable to query using multi-node clusters but works with serverless warehouse & single-node clusters

We have a schema with 10tables and currently all 4 users have ALL access.  When I (or any other user) spin up a serverless SQL warehouse, I am able to query one of the tables (million rows) in SQL Editor and get a response within seconds.  `select co...

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mark_ott
Databricks Employee
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This behavior suggests a significant difference in configuration or resource access between your Databricks serverless SQL warehouse, single-node cluster, and multi-node Spark cluster. The issue is not with SQL syntax or table access itself, since th...

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fpmsi
by New Contributor II
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Jobs API 2.2 No Longer Enabled for Azure Government

Hello,My team deploys job in the Azure Government environment. We have been using the updated cli (> .205) to do so. Sometime within the last month and a half, our azure us gov environment stopped working with the jobs api 2.2. It was working before ...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hey @fpmsi , thanks for raising this — I can clarify what’s going on and how to work around it.   What’s happening Jobs API 2.2 is not enabled on the Azure Government (Govcloud/FedRAMP/PVC) shards today, by design. In those regions, the service respo...

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DeltaScratchpad
by New Contributor
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Unable to make Community edition cluster for multiple days

Hi,I've been trying to use CE to learn the basics, but I have never been able to make a compute cluster to actually run any workloads / notebooks.I have tried on 3 separate days now, and below I've attached the most recent attempt error log.Since CE ...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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@DeltaScratchpad ,  thanks for sharing the details and the error payload — I know it’s frustrating to hit this repeatedly in Community Edition (CE).   What your error means The CONTAINER_LAUNCH_FAILURE with “Container setup has timed out” means the d...

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Teo12333
by New Contributor II
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How do I get rid of the GKE cluster?

hi!In our organisation we use databricks but I do not understand why this GKE cluster keeps getting created. We deploy workspaces and compute clusters through terraform and use the GCE tag"x-databricks-nextgen-cluster" = "true"From my understanding, ...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hey @Teo12333 ,  thanks for the clear context—what you’re seeing is expected during the current GCP migration from the older GKE-based compute architecture to the newer, VM-only architecture on GCE. What you’re seeing Databricks historically launched...

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lubiarzm1
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! Issue with spark version

Hello, I faced an issue with the configuration of IaC using Terraform.Our organization uses IaC as the default method for deploying resources.When I try to specify my Spark version using the Databricks provider (v1.96 - latest version) like this:data...

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lubiarzm1
New Contributor III
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Hi, thanks a lot , direct push of version worked.In future I will use API command to check version without using terraform module.

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MaximeGendre
by New Contributor III
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Dataiku connector limitation

Hello,I'm trying to read data from Unity Catalog and insert it into an Oracle Database using an "On Premise" Dataiku.It works well for a small dataset ~600Kb/~150 000 rows.[14:51:20] [INFO] [dku.datasets.sql] - Read 2000 records from DB [14:51:20] [I...

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Louis_Frolio
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Greetings @MaximeGendre , thanks for the detailed context — a few things here are likely at play.   Is a Databricks “staging area” a common behavior? Yes. Many third‑party tools and ISV integrations use Unity Catalog (UC) Volumes or cloud object stor...

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Jeff4
by New Contributor
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Unable to create workspace using API

Hi all,I'm trying to automate the deployment of Databricks into GCP. In order to streamline the process, I created a standalone project to hold the service accounts SA1 and SA2, with the second one then being manually populated into the Databricks ac...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Greetings @Jeff4 ,  thanks for laying out the setup and symptoms so clearly. Short answer: it’s not required that the workspace-creating service account be hosted in the same GCP project as the workspace; cross‑project is supported. The failure you’r...

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Sven_Relijveld
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Programmatically activate groups in account

Hi,I am currently trying to use the Accounts SDK to add External groups from Entra ID to functional groups within Databricks. I expect thousands of groups in Entra and I want to add these groups programmatically (for example) to a group in Databricks...

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SvenRelijveld
New Contributor III
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Great, thank you Louis, for the quick and detailed response! We'll get the account team to go over the use-case with us.Cheers, Sven

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JerryAnderson
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Resolved! Need to claim Azure Databricks account for workspace created via Resource Provider

Hello, Our Azure Databricks workspace was deployed by the Azure Databricks Resource Provider. No “Manage Account” option appears in the UI, and no Account Admin is listed.  Please link this workspace’s Databricks account to our Azure AD tenant and as...

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Khaja_Zaffer
Esteemed Contributor
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Hello @JerryAnderson Good day!I understand that you have a brand new workspace and cant access the admin console. You can view this community solution provided for this issue. https://community.databricks.com/t5/administration-architecture/unable-to-...

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PearceR
by New Contributor III
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Service Principal with Federated Credentials Can’t Access Full Repo in ADO

Good Afternoon,I’m using Databricks with Git integration to Azure DevOps (ADO).Authentication is via Microsoft Entra federated credentials for a service principal (SPN).The SPN has Basic access in ADO, is in the same project groups as my user, and Gi...

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AbhaySingh
Databricks Employee
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The issue stems from a fundamental architectural difference in how Databricks handles Git authentication:     1. Git Credential Gap: While your SPN successfully authenticates to Databricks via Microsoft Entra federated   credentials, it lacks the sec...

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refah_1
by New Contributor
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von Google Cloud Storage

Hi everyone,I'm new to Databricks and am trying to connect my Google Cloud Storage bucket to my Databricks workspace. I have a 43GB CSV file stored in a GCP bucket that I want to work with. Here’s what I've done so far:Bucket Setup:I created a GCP bu...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hey @refah_1 ,  Thanks for laying out the steps—you’re very close. Here’s a structured checklist to get GCS working with Unity Catalog and a couple of common gotchas to check.   What’s likely going on The region mismatch isn’t the root cause; docs em...

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borft
by New Contributor
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Databricks on GCP admin console access

Hi,I'm trying to update the GCP permissions for Databricks as described here: https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/admin/cloud-configurations/gcp/gce-updateTo be able to do that, I have to log in to the account console here: https://accounts.gcp.databr...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Greetings @borft ,  It sounds like you’re being redirected into a workspace without the right privileges; let’s get you into the correct Databricks account console for your GCP Marketplace subscription and identify the right login. What login is requ...

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pablogarcia
by New Contributor II
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Use wheels from volumes in serverless

Hi everyone! I’m working with a job running on Databricks serverless, and I’d like to know how we can load a wheel file that we have stored in a volume, and then use that wheel as a package within the job itself. Any guidance or examples would be app...

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szymon_dybczak
Esteemed Contributor III
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Hi @pablogarcia ,You need configure serverless environement to achive that. Refere to below documentation:Configure the serverless environment | Databricks on AWSSpecifically to those sections:- Configure the serverless environment | Databricks on AW...

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niveditha_tr
by New Contributor II
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Subscription management - Can’t see subscription / Access issue

Hi,I recently upgraded my Azure account from Free Trial to Pay-As-You-Go.The Azure portal shows only “Azure subscription 1 – Don’t see a subscription? Switch to another directory.” I have only one directory (“Default Directory”).Please re-associate m...

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nayan_wylde
Esteemed Contributor
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@niveditha_tr Can you please share the resolution here and mark as solution.

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