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BijuThottathil
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Databricks Vector Search Integration: Powering Claude Desktop with MCP

https://medium.com/@bijumathewt/databricks-vector-search-integration-powering-claude-desktop-with-mcp-838c591b50b5

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BijuThottathil
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Good Question Edonaire. There 2 options here. Continuous and Triggered. If continuous, it will take care of incrimental load automatically, but costly.Triggered can be filed by setting up job with a task to run the "Refresh" code.  

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SantiNath_Dey
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Decimal Precision Loss While Reading Parquet Files in Databricks

We are extracting data from SQL Server/Oracle using ADF and storing it in Parquet format. When reading the files in Databricks using spark.read.parquet, decimal values are getting truncated—for example, 1245.1111111189979 becomes 1245.111111118. This...

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YukiNakagawa
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Unable to start the lab for "AI/BI for Data Analysts - Japanese" course

Hello.The following error occurs and the lab cannot be started.Please tell me how to resolve it.Thank you.----l = voc_init().user_setup(user) File "/voc/scripts/python/dbacademy.py", line 2753, in user_setup metadata = self.user_getmetadata(user) or ...

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Louis_Frolio
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Hi @YukiNakagawa , Thanks for sharing the full error message. The important piece is this: [UC_NOT_ENABLED] Unity Catalog is not enabled on this cluster. That means the cluster running your lab isn't configured for Unity Catalog, but the course mater...

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SantiNath_Dey
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Resolved! Workflow Notification: Pass/Failed –Schema Evolution/Rescue Mode Triggered for complex json file

We are implementing an incremental load for semi-structured data [ complex nested Json file ]using Auto Loader. To handle schema drifts—such as new fields, changes in column order, or data type and precision modifications (e.g., Decimal and Integer)—...

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SantiNath_Dey
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Thank for quick response . let me implement the code .

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RB026
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Data Engineer Associate Certification

Hello,Has anyone else noticed that recent Data Engineer exams include advanced Unity Catalog, Asset Bundles, YAML, Kafka topics that are not covered in Databricks Academy training? Is there an updated official learning path?

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megha_rai1
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Voucher Eligibility Query

Hi Team,I participated in the Databricks Learning Festival in October 2025 for the Data Engineer Associate certification. I completed the Learning Pathway 1: Associate Data Engineering and received the exam voucher, but I couldn’t take the exam due t...

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Sharad_Panigrah
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Hi, I have completed the Associate Data Engineering learning path, but I haven’t received any vouchers or coupons yet

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Sankaranarayana
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Resolved! Voucher Not received after completing the topics covered in Databricks Learning Festival

Hi Team, I have completed the list of topics provided in the learning but still I did not receive any voucher, kindly let us know your input to proceed further. I have attached the completed course information as screen shot with this for your refere...

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Sumit_7
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@Sankaranarayana Please reach out to support team or raise a ticket at https://help.databricks.com/s/contact-us

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AbhiDataSavvy
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Hey Databricks Community this is for you

Hey Databricks Community members, If you’re on databricks community asking questions about:• Spark jobs that are too slow• Delta Lake issues• Broken pipelines• Or just trying to learn it databricks in a practical way..We created bricksnotes.com for y...

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ShawnRR
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When Trying to use Databricks Connect to Free Edition I am getting "Failed to Read Databricks table:

When Trying to use Databricks Connect to Free Edition I am getting "Failed to Read Databricks table: PERMISSION_DENIED:  PERMISSION_DENIED: Cannot access Spark Connect. (requietsId=.....So I have not done anything to my instance aside from getting a ...

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ShawnRR
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If it helps my AI says the following.... Note that I am the only user of this free account.  I have not done anything explicit with permissions.  I created the table I am trying to access and put data in it through the UI.  I can see when I look at t...

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AbhiDataSavvy
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Databricks Genie Explained Simply for Data Engineers

As a data engineer, I’ve been spending time recently exploring how AI is getting embedded into the Databricks ecosystem, and one feature that genuinely stood out to me is Databricks Genie. What caught my attention is the shift it brings — instead of ...

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mariadawson
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Instead of writing every ad-hoc SQL query for business users, you build a Genie Space. Your job shifts from "writing reports" to "curating metadata." If your Table Descriptions, Primary/Foreign Keys, and SQL Functions are solid in Unity Catalog, Geni...

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Wisdom-N125
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Unable to access course link

https://files.training.databricks.com/courses/ucdavis/Lessons.dbc . Pls am trying to access this links but it's not working I don't know if the link have been modified or changed. It keep sending back an error message if someone has the new one you c...

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Sumit_7
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@Wisdom-N125  Exact link would be helpful.

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Sudheer2
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Migrating Service Principals from Non-Unity to Unity-Enabled Databricks Workspaces - Entitlements Mi

 Hello Databricks Community,I am currently in the process of migrating Service Principals from a non-Unity workspace to a Unity-enabled workspace in Databricks. While the Service Principals themselves seem to be migrating correctly, I am facing an is...

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Amit_Dass_Chmp
Databricks Partner
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1) Unity Catalog Is Account‑Level, Not Workspace‑LevelIn legacy Databricks:Entitlements (cluster creation, SQL access, workspace access) were workspace‑scopedOften implicit or auto‑assignedLoosely governedIn Unity Catalog:Governance is account‑centri...

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vidyaKothavale
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Issues Migrating Hive Metastore Tables to Unity Catalog

I am in the process of migrating tables from Hive Meta store to Unity Catalog using the Databricks Labs UCX tool. After completing the assessment phase, the dashboard indicates that while external tables are ready to migrate, the managed tables are m...

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Amit_Dass_Chmp
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We faced the similar issue, and find out the reason was not a tool failure, but a governance and storage incompatibility.By relocating data out of DBFS root and aligning clusters and DBRs with UC requirements, we enabled a clean, auditable, and compl...

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BabyM
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Regarding databricks associate

looking for free certification voucher

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Sumit_7
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@BabyM - Checkout the upcoming Learning Festivals for 50% off vouchers in July and October.

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shilpimishra
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Clarification on Updated Course Outline for Data Engineer Professional Certification

Hi Team,I am currently preparing for the Data Engineer Professional Certification exam planned for May,2026, and I had a question regarding the recent updates to the course content.Earlier, the course Data Engineer Learning Plan included detailed mod...

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Sumit_7
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@shilpimishra I checked the exam guide is not updated after Nov,25. Though the best resources one could follow would be the Databricks Academy Courses - https://community.databricks.com/t5/learning-events/databricks-learning-festival-self-paced-globa...

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