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antoalphi
by New Contributor III
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Databricks Lakeflow Connect for MySQL

In Databricks Lakeflow Connect for MySQL (currently in public preview), Databricks recommends limiting each ingestion pipeline to around 250 tables, with validated testing up to 1 TB of snapshot data.However, in real-world enterprise scenarios, custo...

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Sumit_7
Honored Contributor II
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@antoalphi I think you have already answered in the first line itself - Public Preview -- meaning not full developed for general/real use. Hence it comes with limitations or bugs which will be covered in General Available. Though still you may consid...

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Brahmareddy
by Esteemed Contributor
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Austin’s Practical Data + AI Meetup

Austin data community, this one looks worth attending. Databricks DevConnect Austin is happening on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at Qubika Office in Austin. It is a technical meetup built for data and AI practitioners who want rea...

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Sumit_7
Honored Contributor II
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Great opportunity to connect with amazing and like minded minds.Would love to see more such events in India as well, specially in Lucknow, Noida, Bhopal -- Events Team

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VinayKumarB
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MCP Servers on Databricks

MCP Servers on DatabricksGenerative AI is evolving rapidly, and one of the most exciting developments is standardizing how models interact with external systems. Let me walk you through how we got here and why the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—especia...

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Sumit_7
Honored Contributor II
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Insightful, detailed and incisive guide @VinayKumarB. Keep posting!

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szymon_dybczak
by Esteemed Contributor III
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Notifications for scheduled refreshes - now in Beta

If you’ve ever worked with scheduled refreshes for Materialized Views or Streaming Tables, you probably know this pain. If your DDL-scheduled MV or ST refresh failed, nothing happened. No email, no alert, no indication that your data was stale (until...

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Advika
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Welcome back, @szymon_dybczak! That silent failure pain was real. These alerts are a massive win for everyone’s sanity. Thanks for the heads-up!

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shubham_meshram
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When Did the Data Go Wrong? Using Delta Lake Time Travel for Investigation in Databricks

I. IntroductionData pipelines are the lifeblood of modern data-driven organizations. However, even the most robust pipelines can experience unexpected issues: data corruption, erroneous updates, or sudden data drops. When these problems occur, quickl...

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deepakachary9
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Great thought to use delta time travel to determine when data drift starts!But this only works as long as retention policies allow it. With vacuum and stricter runtime enforcement in newer dbx versions, older snapshots may not be there when you need ...

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Louis_Frolio
by Databricks Employee
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What's Your Biggest AI Pet Peeve?

Hey Team, in my last post I asked how much AI has actually changed your day to day, and the responses were fantastic. But let's talk about the other side for a minute. I'll go first — I've started second-guessing almost everything I see on social med...

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balajij8
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AI tools generate code & pipelines that work functionally but ignore efficiency, scalability & cloud implications. I have bumped into belowCode generated by AI does a SQL cross join as its simple for most natural language queries that works but kills...

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Ashwin_DSA
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Databricks Multi-Table Transactions - Part 1

If you've ever worked on an insurance data warehouse, or really any warehouse where data arrives from different systems at different times, you know the pain of keeping things in sync. I spent years building data warehouses for a property and casual...

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Ashwin_DSA
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Link to Part 2   

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Ashwin_DSA
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Databricks Multi-Table Transactions - Part 2

In Part 1, we covered why multi-table transactions matter. Now let's build one. We'll create the tables from the claim wrap-up scenario, load sample P&C insurance data, and walk through what happens when the wrap-up succeeds, when it fails, and when...

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Emil_Kaminski
by Contributor II
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Materials to pass Databricks Data Engineering Associate Exam

Hi Guys, I have passed it already some time ago, but just recently have summarized all the materials which helped me to do it. Pay special attention to GitHub repository, which contains many great exercises prepared by Databricks teamhttps://youtu.be...

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Max_John
New Contributor II
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Cleared Databricks Data Engineering Associate recently. Practising real questions helped me a lot, and (Certs Topic) was a reliable resource.

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Ashwin_DSA
by Databricks Employee
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Solving Multi-Dimension Analytics in Databricks Dashboards with Views and Metric Views

If you've ever built a dashboard where you needed to track the same data across two different date dimensions, you know the frustration. You get the first chart working. You add the second. Then you realise cross-filtering just stopped working. I re...

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Nidhig
Databricks Partner
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Thanks for sharing great example with detailed explanation.

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