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AlbertWang
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Resolved! Azure Databricks Unity Catalog - cannot access managed volume in notebook

We have set up Azure Databricks with Unity Catalog (Metastore).Used Managed Identity (Databricks Access Connector) for connection from workspace(s) to ADLS Gen2ADLS Gen2 storage account has Storage Blob Data Contributor and Storage Queue Data Contrib...

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fifata
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@AlbertWang @VAMSaha22 Since you want private connectivity I assume you have a vnet and a PE associated with the gen2 account. That PE needs to have a sub-resource of type dfs when the storage account is gen2/hierarchical namespace. You might want to...

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Mildred
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Resolved! Parameter "expand_tasks" on List job runs request seams not to be working (databricsk api)

I'm setting it as True, but it doesn't return the cluster_instance info. Here is the function I'm using:def get_job_runs(job_id): """ Fetches job runs for a specific job from Databricks Jobs API. """ headers = { "Authorization...

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Krishna_S
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Hi @Mildred  The way you passed the data for the expand_tasks parameter is wrong: data = { data = { "job_id": job_id, "expand_tasks": "true" } It should not be passed as Python boolean values, but as a string "true" or "false" Once you do that will...

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DiskoSuperStar
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DLT Flow Redeclaration Error After Service Upgrade

Hi, our delta live tables(Lakeflow declarative pipelines) pipeline started failing after the Sep 30 / Oct 1 service upgrade with the following error :AnalysisException: Cannot have multiple queries named `<table_name>_realtime_flow` for `<table_name>...

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saurabh18cs
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Hi @DiskoSuperStar IT seems you’ve run into a recently enforced change in Databricks DLT/Lakeflow:Multiple flows (append or otherwise) targeting the same table must have unique names. actually it looks correct on your code. Check if your  table_info ...

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Gvnreddy
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Need Help to learn scala

Hi Enthusiasts, recently i joined company in that company they used to develope databricks notebook with Scala programming language perviously, i worked on Pyspark it was very easy for me by the way i have 3 years of experence in DE i need help to wh...

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-werners-
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fwiw: you do not have to be a scala wiz to work on spark in scala.Older spark articles are often about scala in spark (before python took over).You will notice it is a lot like pyspark, but way way better.  typing, immutability, things like leftfold ...

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john77
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Why ETL Pipelines and Jobs

I do notice that ETL Pipelines let's you run declarative SQL syntax such as DLT tables but you can do the same with Jobs if you use SQL as your task type. So why and when to use ETL Pipelines?

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saurabh18cs
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Hi @john77 SQL Task Type : Simple, one-off SQL operations or batch jobs + you need to orchestrate a mix of notebooks, Python/Scala code, and SQL in a single workflowLakeflow Declarative Pipelines : Complex , production ETL jobs requires lineage , mon...

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DivyaKumar
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Databricks to Dataverse migration via ADF copy data

Hi team,I need to load data from databricks delta tables to dataverse tables and I have one unique id column which I am ensuring via mapping. Its datatype is GUID in dataverse and string in delta table. I ensured that column holds unique values. Sinc...

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-werners-
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That is not a valid guid.Dataverse will check this.http://guid.us/test/guid

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Brahmareddy
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How Databricks Helped Me See Data Engineering Differently

Over the years working as a data engineer, I’ve started to see my role very differently. In the beginning, most of my focus was on building pipelines—extracting, transforming, and loading data so it could land in the right place. Pipelines were the g...

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BS_THE_ANALYST
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@Brahmareddy thanks for this! .Think you've nailed it on the head there. If the stakeholders trust the data and there's integrity, governance, and a single source of truth, you've got a recipe for a great product! Love this take @Brahmareddy . Really...

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noorbasha534
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Resolved! Figure out stale tables/folders being loaded by auto-loader

Hello allWe have a pipeline which uses auto-loader to load data from cloud object storage (ADLS) to a delta table. We use directory listing at the moment. And there exist around 20000 folders to be verified in ADLS every 30 mins to check for new data...

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BS_THE_ANALYST
Esteemed Contributor II
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@Krishna_S I didn't know about file detection modes, that's very cool! .@noorbasha534 according to the documentation, there is a piece around RockDB: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ingestion/cloud-object-storage/auto-loader/#how-does-auto-loader-...

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billfoster
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how can I learn DataBricks

I am currently enrolled in data engineering boot camp. We go over various technologies azure , pyspark , airflow , Hadoop ,nosql,SQL, python. But not over something like databricks. I am in contact with lots of recent graduates who landed a job. Almo...

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SprunkiRetake
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yes, i often refer to the helpful tutorials at https://www.youtube.com/c/AdvancingAnalytics?reload=9&app=desktop Sprunki Retake

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devagya
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Infor Data Lake to Databricks

I'm working on this project which involves moving data from Infor to Databricks.Infor is somewhat of an enterprise solution. I could not find much resources on this. I could not even find any free trial option on their site.If anyone has experience w...

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Shirlzz
New Contributor II
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I specialise in data migration with Infor.What is your question, how to connect databricks to the infor datalake through the data fabric?

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leireroman
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Resolved! DBR 16.4 LTS - Spark 3.5.2 is not compatible with Delta Lake 3.3.1

I'm migrating to Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS, which is using Spark 3.5.2 and Delta Lake 3.3.1 according to the documentation: Databricks Runtime 16.4 LTS - Azure Databricks | Microsoft LearnI've upgraded my conda environment to use those versions, bu...

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SamAdams
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@leireroman encountered the same and used an override (like a pip constraints.txt file or PDM resolution override specification) to make sure my local development environment matched the runtime.

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adrianhernandez
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Resolved! Folder execute permissions

Hello,After reading multiple posts, going thru online forums, even asking AI I still don't have an answer for my questions. On the latest Databricks with unity catalog, what happens if I give users Execute permissions on a folder.Can they view the co...

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adrianhernandez
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Thanks for your response. That's what I imagined although could not confirm as my current project uses Unity Catalog and we are not allowed to run many commands including ACL related PySpark code.

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bbastian
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[VARIANT_SIZE_LIMIT] Cannot build variant bigger than 16.0 MiB in parse_json

I have a table coming from postgreSql, with one column containing json data in string format. We have been using parse_json to convert that to a vraiant column. But lately it is failing with the SIZE_LIMIT error. When I isolated the row which gave er...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @bbastian ,Unfortunately, as of now there is strict limitation regarding size - a variant column cannot contain a value larger than 16 MiB.Variant support in Delta Lake | Databricks on AWSAnd tbh you cannot compare the size of this json string to ...

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sslyle
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! Combining multiple Academy profiles

I have this profile @gmail.com; my personal professional profile.I also have a @mycompany.com profile.How do I combine both so I can leave my current job for a better life without losing the accolades I'm accumulated under my @mycompany.com login giv...

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jChantoHdz
New Contributor II
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I have the same question, how this can be done?

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gzr58l
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How to setup lakeflow HTTP for connector with M2M Authentication

I am getting the following error about content-type with no option to pick a different content-type when configuring the lakeflow connectorThe OAuth token exchange failed with HTTP status code 415 Unsupported Media Type. The returned server response ...

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saurabh18cs
Honored Contributor II
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Hi @gzr58l are you configuring a custom Lakeflow connector or external connection in Databricks? Also, consider using a service principal or personal access token (PAT) for authentication as a temporary workaround.

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