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osalawu
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Got Suspended while taking Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate Assessment

Hi Team, What I experienced today from the proctor was so not nice, my experience with proctor today was very frustrating and pathetic, I was taking my assessment today 11-26-2023, 2pm, I was already on between question 22nd to 25th when my assessmen...

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Cert-Team
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@osalawu Sorry to hear you had an issue with your exam. In order to protect your Webassessor account information, please file a ticket with our support team. Please include your Webassessor login ID, the exam, and a couple of dates and times that wil...

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Klusener
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Arguments parsing in Databricks python jobs

On Databricks created a job task with task type as Python script from s3. However, when arguments are passed via Parameters option, running into unrecognized arguments' error.Code in s3 file:import argparse def parse_arguments(): parser = argpar...

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eallain
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Structured Streaming - Kafka Offset Management

In my team, we decided to move from spark streaming to structured streaming, mainly cause it says that it's legacy and we want to benefit new features from structured streaming.However we have an issue with committing offsets.Previously on spark stre...

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RahulPatidar
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Resolved! dataset.cache() not working : NoSuchObjectException(message:There is no database named global_temp)

ERROR RetryingHMSHandler: NoSuchObjectException(message:There is no database named global_temp)at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getMDatabase(ObjectStore.java:508)at org.apache.hadoop.hive.metastore.ObjectStore.getDatabase(ObjectStore.j...

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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @RahulPatidar , The error message you’re encountering, “NoSuchObjectException (message: There is no database named global_temp),” is related to the use of the special database called “global_temp” in Spark.Here’s what you need to know: Global Tem...

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HowardLJ
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Delta Live Tables Slowly Changing Dimensions Type 2 with Joins

Hi,I may be missing something really obvious here. The organisation I work for has started using Delta Live Tables in Databricks for data modelling, recently. One of the dimensions I am trying to model takes data from 3 existing tables in our data la...

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Delta Live Tables
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the_real_merca
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Can it be because the default join is `inner` and that means the row must exists in both tables

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DavidKxx
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Resolved! Rendering markdown images hard coded as data image png base64 in notebook

Hi all,For training purposes, I have cloned a repo from John Snow Labs into my Databricks account and am working in the notebook that you can review at https://github.com/JohnSnowLabs/spark-nlp-workshop/blob/master/open-source-nlp/03.0.SparkNLP_Pretr...

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NateAnth
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Try changing the magic command for that cell from %md to %md-sandbox to see if that helps the image to render appropriately.

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prasad_vaze
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Resolved! Unable to add column comment on a View. Any way to update comments on multiple columns in bulk?

I noticed that unlike "Alter Table" there is no "Alter View"  command to add comment on a column in the existing view. This is a regular view created on Tables (and not Materialized view).  If the underlying table column has comment then the View inh...

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Data Governance
Unity Catalog
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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @prasad_vaze, Let’s address your questions regarding altering views and mass-applying column comments:   Adding Comments to View Columns: While there is no direct “ALTER VIEW” command to add comments to specific columns in an existing view, you ca...

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JCamiloCS
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Resolved! how to use R in databricks

Hello everyone.I am a new user of databricks, they implemented it in the company where I work. I am a business analyst and I know something about R, not much either, when I saw that databricks could use R I was very excited because I thought that the...

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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @JCamiloCS , Certainly! I apologize for the oversight. Let’s dive into using R in Databricks. Databricks is a powerful platform for big data analytics and machine learning, and it integrates seamlessly with Apache Spark™.  As a business analyst, l...

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PiotrU
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Resolved! Some streams terminated before this command could finish! -> java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: scala/c

HelloI do face:Some streams terminated before this command could finish!java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: scala/compat/java8/FutureConverters$Running some very simple query on eventhub :df = spark \.readStream \.format("eventhubs") \.options(**ehConf) ...

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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @PiotrU , I want to express my gratitude for your effort in selecting the most suitable solution. It's great to hear that your query has been successfully resolved. Thank you for your contribution. 

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Madhawa
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org.apache.spark.SparkException - FileReadException

Sometimes getting this kind of error "org.apache.spark.SparkException: Job aborted due to stage failure: Task 1 in stage 12224.0 failed 4 times, most recent failure: Lost task 1.5 in stage 12224.0 (TID           ) (12.xxx.x.xxx executor 1): com.datab...

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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @Madhawa,  One possible reason for this error is that the file you are trying to read is corrupted or incomplete. You can try to verify the integrity of the file by checking its hash value or by comparing it with a known good copy of the file. Ano...

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oleprince
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Delta table definition - Identity column

Hello,Would anyone know if it is possible to create a delta table using Python that includes a column that is generated by default as identity (identity column for which the value inserted can be manually overriden)?There seems to be a way to create ...

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Kaniz_Fatma
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Hi @oleprince, Yes, it is possible to create a Delta table using Python that includes a column that is generated by default as identity. However, the generatedByDefaultAs option is not available in the DeltaTableBuilder API.   As a workaround, you ca...

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