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APJESK
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Databricks Logs

I’m trying to understand the different types of logs available in Databricks and how to access and interpret them. Could anyone please guide me on:What types of logs are available in Databricks?Where can I find these logs?How can I use these logs to ...

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MadhuB
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Hi @APJESK,In addition, job logs are very useful to monitor and troubleshoot any job failures. They can be found under Workflows. Workspace admins role is required to have full access on all jobs unless explicitly granted to the user by Job Owner/adm...

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Yuki
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Resolved! Clarification on Databricks Access Modes: Standard vs. Dedicated with Unity Catalog

Hello,I’d like to ask for clarification regarding the access modes in Databricks, specifically the intent and future direction of the “Standard” and “Dedicated” modes.According to the documentation below:https://docs.databricks.com/aws/ja/compute/acc...

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Vidhi_Khaitan
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Hi @Yuki Thank you, I am glad I could help!

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andreapeterson
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Have authenticator app set up but databricks still resorts to email mfa

Good monring,I set up an authenticator app through settings, profile, mfa. However, when I logout and log back into the workspace, I am still only getting the email verification to get in. Is there a way I can turn off email verification or have it d...

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Takuya-Omi
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Hi, @andreapeterson Do you have Account Admin privileges?If you do, you can enforce MFA from the account console, just as shown in the attached image.If you’re using the Databricks Free Edition rather than a paid account, you can’t enforce MFA. This ...

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prakash4
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TheOC
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hey @prakash4 I understand you're having trouble connecting to a remote server / getting your Databricks workspace to start. Would you be able to share a little more detail to help track down your issue?Specifically:- What happens when you try to sta...

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Malthe
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Resolved! Cost of SQL Warehouse scaled to 0 clusters

A SQL Warehouse can be scaled to a minimum of 0.Presumably, there is still a cost to keeping the resource active, because we also have Auto-Stop which can completely stop the warehouse after a configurable amount of time.This cost is not documented. ...

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MoJaMa
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1. Just to clarify, minimum is 1, not 0. See https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/warehouses/create#min_num_clusters 2. How it works is based on concurrency. Assuming your max clusters is 2, and based on the concurrency, we don't need the 2nd cl...

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ankit_kothiya1
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Resolved! JJDBC Insert Performance and Unsupported Data Types

We are reaching out regarding two observations with the Databricks JDBC driver:We’ve noticed that each INSERT query is taking approximately 1 second to execute via the JDBC driver (please refer to the attached screenshot). This seems unusually slow f...

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Saritha_S
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Hi @ankit_kothiya1  Please find below my findings for your query 1. Slow INSERT Performance via Databricks JDBC Driver Observation:Each INSERT query takes about 1 second via the Databricks JDBC driver, which is unusually slow for high-throughput use ...

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chandru44
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Guidance on Populating the cloud_infra_cost Table in System Catalog

In the system catalog, there are three tables: cloud_infra_cost, list_prices, and usage. While the list_prices and usage tables contain cost-related information, the cloud_infra_cost table is currently empty. I am using AWS cloud. Can anyone provide ...

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aranjan99
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I am opted in for the features in preview but I dont see any data in this table

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noorbasha534
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Principals given access to and their owners

Hi allIn a large global data platform built with Azure Databricks, I like to know the best practice of how we maintain the users to which Databricks objects (typically views) have been access to, for example - a view has been given access to a servic...

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jameshughes
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@noorbasha534 - I created a helper function/script to do this in my environment that queries the Unity Catalog system tables to generate a unique list of impacted principals/users.  It takes in a list of fully qualified object names and will display ...

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Derek_Czarny
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Resolved! Creating Groups with API and Python

I am working on a notebook to help me create Azure Databricks Groups.  When I create a group in a workspace using the UI, it automatically creates the group at the account level and links them.  When I create a group using the API, and I create the w...

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pranav5
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I have a couple of questions regarding the Token to achieve this, If I create a workspace PAT token, is it limited to only the workspace or all the workspaces I have access to. And Do my account admin privileges translated to the PAT token I create i...

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gowtham-talluru
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How to write files to Databricks Volumes while running code in local VS Code (without cp)

How to write files to Databricks Volumes while running code in local VS Code (without cp)I always struggle to seamlessly use VS Code with databricks. Its so not user friendly. Do you also feel the same?

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SP_6721
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Hi @gowtham-talluru, If you're trying to write directly to Volumes from local code, you can use the Databricks SDK for Python.Try something like this:from databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClientw = WorkspaceClient()with open("local_file.csv", "rb") as ...

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colin-db
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Resolved! Transfer Account Ownership

I have the same issue as this previous user, who had their question resolved before an actionable solution was provided: https://community.databricks.com/t5/data-engineering/how-to-transfer-ownership-of-a-databricks-cloud-standard-account/td-p/34737I...

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jameshughes
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You are going to have a very difficult time with the transfer as it can only be done on the backside by Databricks.  Your only real option would be to have your customer create their own account and migrate the workspace assets over outside of having...

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Uri
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users' usage report (for frontend power bi)

Hi All,Hi All,I'm currently working on retrieving usage information by querying system tables. At the moment, I'm using the system.access.audit table. However, I've noticed that the list of users retrieved appears to be incomplete when compared to si...

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Uri
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thank you for the replay.if i understand correctly, when using PBI direct query connectivity the users being used is not s service principle but the end user who open the PBI dashboard. correct?did you implement any usage report?  Regards,Uri

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mandarsu
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unable to enable external sharing when creating deltashare - azure databricks trial

I have started a PayGo Azure tenancy and a Databricks 14 day trialI have signed up using my gmail account.with the above user , I logged into azure and created a workspace  and tried to share a schema deltasharing.I am unable to share to a open user ...

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SP_6721
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Hi @mandarsu ,To enable external Delta Sharing in Databricks:Enable External Sharing:Go to the Databricks Account Console, open your Unity Catalog metastore settings, and enable the “External Delta Sharing” option.Check Permissions:Ensure you have th...

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Gmera
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Resolved! Cost

Do you have information that helps me optimize costs and follow up?

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jameshughes
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@Athul97 provided a pretty solid list of best practices.  To go deeper into Budgets & Alerts, I have found a lot of good success with the Consumption and Budget feature in the Databricks Account Portal under the Usage menu.  Once you embed tagging in...

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BriGuy
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python databricks sdk get object path from id

when using the databricks SDK to get permissions of objects we get inherited_from_object=['/directories/1636517342231743']from what I can see the workspace list and get_status methods only work with the actual path.  Is there a way to look up that di...

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CURIOUS_DE
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@BriGuy  Here I have small code snippet which we have used. Hope this works well with youfrom databricks.sdk import WorkspaceClient w = WorkspaceClient() def find_path_by_object_id(target_id, base_path="/"): items = w.workspace.list(path=base_p...

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