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matthiasn
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Share notebooks with a AD-user assigned via group

Hi everybody,I try to share a notebook with a user that was assigned to the workspace via a AD-Group (using the new automatic sync). But I only see users directly assigned to the workspace. My expectation would be that I see all users that are within...

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Louis_Frolio
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Here are some helpful tips/tricks, and general guidance.   Sharing notebooks with users who are members of Active Directory (AD) groups can sometimes be challenging due to the way Azure Databricks handles user permissions. Here are some important poi...

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nishaath
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Workspace creation is getting failed constanly

We are trying to create a workspace with custome VPC. But the creation is getting failed constantly.The error doesn't have any description which makes the troubleshoting hard.Does anyboday had similar issue like this before and has a solution? Thanks...

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kamal_ch
Databricks Employee
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Hi Nisha, If you are still having the issue, I recommend opening a Support ticket with the workspace ID and any error details so that we can investigate. Regards Kamal

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hmnilp
by New Contributor II
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Error with file events in external location (via pub/sub)

Hi everyone!I am new here and in Databricks world.I was trying to enable a trigger event on file uploading in GCP bucket in order to start a job following this tutorial: https://docs.databricks.com/gcp/en/connect/unity-catalog/cloud-storage/manage-ex...

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Khaja_Zaffer
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Hey @hmnilp did you contact databricks, may be there is a feature to be enabled. 

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ZD
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Resolved! Creating Azure Databricks Workspace Without NAT Gateway

Hello,Recently, when I create a new Databricks workspace on Azure, it automatically create a NAT Gateway which incurs additional cost !When creating the workspace, I don't choose secure cluster connectivity, so I'm expecting not to have a NAT Gateway...

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ZD
New Contributor III
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Make sure to disable the following option when creating your workspace, as it has recently become enabled by default.Deploy Azure Databricks workspace with Secure Cluster Connectivity (No Public IP) 

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Ninad-Mulik
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Resolved! How do I access Hive Metastore via API?

Hi,Is there any Databricks REST API to directly access Hive Metastore tables (like list of tables, schemas, columns) without using Unity Catalog or SQL Warehouse?I’m specifically looking to fetch metadata from hive_metastore.Thanks.

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SP_6721
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Hi @Ninad-Mulik ,As far as I know, there’s no Databricks REST API to directly access Hive Metastore metadata without using Unity Catalog or SQL Warehouses. The legacy Hive Metastore only supports SQL-based queries. REST APIs for metadata access are o...

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Chinu
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! Guidance on Managing Databricks Apps Whitelisting

Hi,Our workspace users currently have permissions to create Databricks apps, and we’ve observed a rise in associated costs. To address this, we’re developing an administrative notebook to:Check whether an app is whitelisted/approved from the admins.A...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Here are some helpful tips that you might find useful:   Summary of Best Practices and Recommendations for App Whitelisting and Automated App Removal in Databricks 1. Overview and Whitelisting Strategy To control costs and maintain governance over Da...

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Kim3
by New Contributor II
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Delete Azure Databricks Workspace resource but reference remains in Account Console

As the title says. I have deleted both the Azure Databricks Workspace resource and the resource group it was located in. However, I can still see the workspace in the account console. Also, it appears in the response from GET https://accounts.azureda...

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Jcpenuela
New Contributor II
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Hi Kim3, same problem here, did you find a solution for this?Thanks!

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AndyK
by New Contributor II
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Databricks Apps with FastAPI

I have a FastAPI Databricks App deployed to a hosted workspace. How can I call the API from external tools like Postman?P.S. I was able to call the API within the same browser.

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AndyK
New Contributor II
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Hi,Make sure your token endpoint url is like this: https://<databricks-instance>/oidc/v1/token.Refer here for workspace-level access token: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/auth/oauth-m2mAlso make sure you have granted access of the servi...

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MarcusC
by New Contributor III
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Databricks Apps

I've created a Databricks App that is essentially a REST Api in Flask. It returns a json object. Data is in sql-warehouse. It works when calling directly in browser but I want to access it with rest api and Bearer token. But when I login with a servi...

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Gareema
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Did it work, I am trying something similar? If yes, please provide how you achieved it? 

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tasozgurcem
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Is it possible to run all Python (not just Spark) via Databricks cluster from local IDE?

Hi all,When connecting to a Databricks cluster from a local IDE like VS Code, Spark operations already run on the cluster.But is there a way to route all Python code — not just Spark — to run directly on the Databricks cluster as well?Thanks!

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @tasozgurcem! If you want your whole Python script to run on the cluster, you can either upload the file or run it as a job using the Databricks extension.Check this out: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dev-tools/vscode-ext/runhttps://docs.d...

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Yashbogam
by New Contributor II
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Workspace Failed to Launch – Internal Error

 I'm encountering an issue while trying to launch a Databricks workspace on GCP.Has anyone experienced this before or know what might be causing it?Would appreciate any help!Error Message: "An internal error occurred when launching the workspace."  

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Yashbogam
New Contributor II
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I have all the quotas, and the Databricks support team told me to post in the community

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KingAJ
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How to Change Created By Field in SQL Warehouses Without Recreating Them?

I’m trying to update the "Created by" field on an existing SQL warehouse without having to recreate the entire warehouse. I attempted to use the Databricks Python SDK to run an update command, but unfortunately, it didn’t change the field.Has anyone ...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @KingAJ ,Maybe you can try to use following REST API endpoint? There's a creator_name attribute that you can use.Update a warehouse | SQL Warehouses API | REST API reference | Databricks on AWS

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dbx-soundar
by New Contributor II
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Databricks Audit Logs Analysis

Please share the attributes related to the audit logsHow is the audit logs can be utilized by cyber security team? What are the insights into the audit logs and how we can maintain the compliance? What are the non-compliance items can be identified f...

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Walter_C
Databricks Employee
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The audit logs will only get the information of the events and actions being performed by users, service principals in the workspace, so there is no compliance actions being tracked itself.The Service name is a subgroup of items you want to check, so...

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dipin_wantoo
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not able to configure databricks with aws

I am trying to set up Databricks with my AWS account but I am facing some issues, I followed the steps to create a new Databricks workspace using the AWS CloudFormation template or Databricks setup guide, But the CloudFormation stack fails every time...

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @dipin_wantoo! Can you please check the CloudFormation Stack Events for the exact error? That should help identify why the stack is failing. If you're looking to get started with Databricks as an individual user, the Express Setup is a simple w...

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AlexMc
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Library installation failed for library due to user error for pypi

Hi!I get the below error when a cluster job starts up and tries to install a Python .whl file. (Which is hosted on an Azure Artefact feed, though this seems more like a problem of trying to read from a disk/network storage). The failure is seemingly ...

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AlexMc
New Contributor III
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Thanks both - I think the problem is that this library installation is called when creating a new Job & Task via the rest endpoint. Where the libraires are specified in the .json file. So short version, don't think I can 'get at' the pip install call...

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