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RobertSLee
by Databricks Employee
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Stream a CockroachDB Changefeed to Databricks (Azure Edition)

Please check https://github.com/rsleedbx/crdb_to_dbx  which has the steps and a working notebook. This guide shows how to stream CockroachDB data to Databricks using changefeeds, Azure Blob Storage, Unity Catalog, and Delta Lake. You get one platform...

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Saurabh2406
by Contributor
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Resolved! Data Driven AI Roadmap Databricks Governance Best Practices Aligned with Gartner's AI Model

Introduction“AI First” - But Data Always Comes FirstI have been working in the data space for close to two decades. My journey started as an ETL developer and gradually evolved into roles spanning data engineering, platform design, and solution archi...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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@Saurabh2406 , I really appreciate how you grounded the “AI-first” conversation in the reality that data governance, security, and quality are what actually determine whether AI can scale beyond pilots. The tie-in to Gartner’s AI maturity model, and ...

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balajij8
by Contributor
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Data Activation  : RETL on Databricks Lakebase

Delivering Lakehouse insights into external operational applications has been a headache for low latency cases. This often required complex & brittle integrations. With Databricks Lakebase Synced Tables, a native solution for Reverse ETL bridges the ...

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AbhaySingh
by Databricks Employee
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Wait, Did Databricks Just Put Git Inside My Database?

Wait, Did Databricks Just Put Git Inside My Database? If you've been scratching your head at Lakebase's "branching" feature wondering "am I working with a database or GitHub?"—you're not alone. Let me break down what's actually happening here, becaus...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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@AbhaySingh ,  This was a fun read — and a great way to spark discussion about what “Git inside my database” really means in practice. From what I’m seeing in the product world, Databricks isn’t literally putting Git inside the storage engine of your...

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Raman_Unifeye
by Honored Contributor III
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New Feature for developer-productivity

Databricks has added 2 new feature on its UI. These are small but quite effective for the developer productivity.  1. Paste images into notebooksCopy images from your local file system and paste them into markdown cells in Databricks notebookshttps:/...

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TejeshS
by Contributor
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Building a Metadata Table-Driven Framework Using LakeFlow Declarative (Formerly DLT) Pipelines

IntroductionScaling data pipelines across an organization can be challenging, particularly when data sources, requirements, and transformation rules are always changing. A metadata table-driven framework using LakeFlow Declarative (Formerly DLT) enab...

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satyaguruchara6
New Contributor II
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can you please share the details how this can be implemented using a sample use case in step by step process. Also python code that needs to written in each layer (bronze/silver/gold) 

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pradeep_singh
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Turning Databricks into an AI pair‑programmer with Claude‑powered coding agents

Databricks + Claude Code This guide walks through a practical, end‑to‑end setup: installing Claude Code, wiring it to Anthropic models served from Databricks, and configuring authentication so everything “just works” from your terminal and editor. Yo...

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hasnat_unifeye
New Contributor III
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I have yet to use Claude within Databricks - Thanks for this @pradeep_singh 

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JstelaBR
by New Contributor III
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You can use built-in AI functions directly in Databricks SQL

Databricks provides built-in AI functions that can be used directly in SQL or notebooks, without managing models or infrastructure.Example:SELECT ticket_id, ai_generate( 'Summarize this support ticket:\n{{text}}', 'databricks-dbrx-instruct', descript...

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balajij8
by Contributor
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The Last Mile of Data Intelligence - Databricks Lakebase

We spent the last decade building a wall in the middle of the data stack. Data Lakehouse on one side - massive, powerful & analytical. The Operational Database on the other - fast, transactional, and vital for apps. The separation created a “last mil...

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Kirankumarbs
Contributor
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Nice article @balajij8!In fact, I’m facing a similar “last-mile” problem in my organization, where predictions flow from Event Hub into an OLTP database.This introduces multiple points of failure, adds latency, and increases maintenance overhead. Lak...

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mark_ott
by Databricks Employee
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How can I tell my Dashboard visualizations aren't stale?

With AI/BI Dashboards, a best practice is for the creator/owner to 'Schedule' the Dashboard to rerun the underlying datasets when changes have occurred. This ensures the Visualizations are rendered with the freshest data.  But users still will questi...

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Michael_Appiah
Contributor III
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@mark_ott That is a nice idea and quite useful. Quick question: how did you define 'stale' data in your case? So what is the threshold at which your 'conditional equation' color codes the date red? did you somehow link that to the refresh schedule? 

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Brahmareddy
by Esteemed Contributor
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Data + AI Is Not the Future at Databricks. It’s the Present.

One thing becomes very clear when you spend time in the Databricks community: AI is no longer an experiment. It is already part of how real teams build, ship, and operate data systems at scale.For a long time, many organizations treated data engineer...

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Brahmareddy
Esteemed Contributor
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Thanks @Louis_Frolio for your kind words. Happy to contribute here.

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devipriya
by New Contributor III
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Getting Databricks Generative AI Engineer Associate (and What I Learned)

I just earned my Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate Certification, and in this post, I’m sharing the key tips, resources, and personal insights that helped me succeed. My certiticate from DatabricksNavigation:PreludeAbout the certR...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hey @devipriya , thanks for sharing your notes on how you found success with the certification(s). Appreciate you taking the time to pass along what worked for you. Cheers, Louis

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Raman_Unifeye
by Honored Contributor III
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Change default workspace access to Consumer access

When Databricks One was launched, the default behaviour of the system-managed users group was a major issue. Since every new user is automatically added to users group, and that group traditionally came with "Workspace Access" entitlements, admins ha...

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Raman_Unifeye
Honored Contributor III
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Thanks @Advika. it was certainly a big win for my env.

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