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Resolved! Databricks partner Tech Summit FY26 access
I'm trying to access the recordings of Partner Tech Summit FY26 which happened a month back. It says lobby is closed.Is there any other way i can access the recordings. I'm yet to watch the day 2 sessions.
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@Advika , Thanks for the help. I can able to see the content in partner academy.
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Missed the certification exam schedule - Reschedule is required
Hi Team, @data_help @helpdesk I have missed the certification exam schedule. I thought it is 8h15PM instead of 8h15AM. Is there a possibility this can be reschedule to today anytime or tomorrow?Thanks in advance for your comments.Regards,Guido Tognin...
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Hello @guidotognini,Sorry to hear you missed your exam window. Please file a ticket with our support team so they can review the case and determine next steps.Thanks & Regards,@cert-ops
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Resolved! Need help understanding Databricks
Hi,I come from a traditional ETL background and am having trouble understanding some of the cloud hyper scalar features and use cases.I understand Databricks is hosted on a cloud providers. I see the cloud providers have their own tools for ETL, ML/A...
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Thanks a lot Gema. For the detailed and meticulous answers.I guess I have to unlearn and relearn everything starting today.
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Need help in how to switch the from PDF slides to videos
Hi Everyone,I’m currently preparing for the Databricks Data Engineer Associate certification. I’m able to view the PDF slides, but I’m not able to access the videos. Could someone please suggest how to switch from the PDF slides to the video lessons?...
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Hello @pgopi! Databricks Academy is transitioning its self‑paced content from video lessons to PDF slides. If you’d like a more interactive experience with video lectures and live Q&A, I recommend the instructor‑led “Data Engineering with Databricks”...
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serialized_dashboard
I have a dashboard.json file, for example: {select * from ${{var.table_name}}}. I have job.yml and section serialized_dashboard there? bcs my job runs parallel with dashboard. Can I use variables in databrics.yml if I define the table_variable variab...
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Databricks exam got suspended , Need urgent help
Hello Team , I faced few challenges while attempting my certification exam , the exam got paused two times when approximately 11 minutes were left for my exam to get over. I got a pop-up message which contained the message "There's eye movement". The...
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Hello @r_ramsen ,Thank you for filing a ticket with our support team, Support team will respond shortly. Please note that we cannot provide support or handle exam suspensions via community (it is not advised that you post your email address here in c...
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Exam Time Mismatch – Unable to Attend Scheduled Certification
Re: #00757843 I had scheduled my Databricks [Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate] certification exam for 12 October 2025 at 4:00 PM IST. However, when I checked today, the system showed my exam time as 4:00H IST. Because of this discrepancy, ...
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Hello @Akhil_O,Sorry to hear you missed your exam window. Thank you for filling the ticket with our support team so they can review the case and determine next steps. Please note that we cannot provide support via community.Thanks & Regards, @cert-op...
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Databricks Policies and Bundles Inheritance: Let Policies Rule Your DABS
Just the policy_id can specify the entire cluster configuration. Yes, we can inherit default and fixed values from policies. Updating runtime version for 100s of jobs, for example, is much easier this way. Read more: - https://databrickster.med...
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Certification
Dear Databricks Team and Community,I am currently preparing for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam and kindly request assistance in obtaining a certification voucher.Your support would be invaluable to help me advance my expertise ...
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Hi @Manishkumar_79 ,I have good news for you. Virtual Learning Festival just started - ️ Users who complete at least one self-paced learning pathway within Customer Academy between October 10 and October 31 will receive the following incentives: - 50...
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Resolved! Are Clusters Available Databricks Free Edition
Hi Community,Can someone let me know if its possible to create compute clusters in Databricks Free Edition. It was available in the old Databricks Community Edition.This is quite important as a lot of my code relies on spark executions.
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Hello Community,Can I get your thoughts on this question please?
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Resolved! Stateless streaming with aggregations on a DLT/Lakeflow pipeline
In a DLT pipeline I have a bronze table that ingest files using Autoloader, and a derived silver table that, for this example, just stores the number of rows for each file ingested into bronze. The basic code example: import dlt from pyspark.sql impo...
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For scenarios in Databricks where lower latency is needed for Silver tables but continuous streaming pipelines are not feasible, using jobs or notebooks with foreachBatch running in Structured Streaming mode is a common and recommended approach. This...
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Data analyst learning plan lab files
Hi all,I am very new to databricks and to this community. I recently signed up for the data analyst learning plan and the data engineering one.The learning platform page seems like confusing maze to navigate! In the course material for the data analy...
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Hi,I managed to find the lab. It wasn't straight-forward at all. It was part of another link and no in the learning path I had signed upThe lab series I am trying to work on is thishttps://partner-academy.databricks.com/learn/courses/3701/aibi-for-da...
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ODBC connection issue Simba 64 bit
Hello AllAm getting the below error when trying to create ODBC DSN Simba 64 in local system to connect Databricks Server using the token and enabled SSL System trust store & Thrift Transport: HTTP.any helping hand really appreciated . [Simba][ThriftE...
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Hi @Alberto_Umana,I'm running into the same issue this connection string works on one server but is failing with this error on another.Driver=Simba Spark ODBC Driver;Host=nike-sole-react.cloud.databricks.com;Port=443;SparkServerType=3;Schema=default;...
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More than expected number of Jobs created in Databricks
Hi Databricks Gurus !I am trying to run a very simple snippet :data_emp=[["1","sarvan","1"],["2","John","2"],["3","Jose","1"]]emp_columns=["EmpId","Name","Dept"]df=spark.createDataFrame(data=data_emp, schema=emp_columns)df.show() --------Based on a g...
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Suspended Exam? Don't worry! Our support team can help!
Taking exams is so stressful already, and if your exam gets suspended it is extra stressful. Don't worry! Our support team is awesome and will help you get back on track. The most important step is to file a ticket in our Help Center. Be sure to inc...
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Hello @Cert-Team @cert-ops @Advika,I was facing technical issues during my Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification Exam, so I reached out to the support team for help. The support team kindly rescheduled my exam, and I was able to start it a...
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