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saicharandeepb
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Resolved! I'm trying to understand if predicate pushdown is supported when using the DESCRIBE HISTORY command

I'm trying to understand if predicate pushdown is supported when using the DESCRIBE HISTORY command on a Delta table in Databricks.

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Yogesh_Verma_
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`DESCRIBE HISTORY` on a Delta table in Databricks does **not support predicate pushdown** in the same way as regular SQL queries on data tables.This is because `DESCRIBE HISTORY` is a **metadata operation** that reads the Delta log files to return ta...

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lucami
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Resolved! Validation with views - Dlt pipeline expectations

I have a question about how expectations work when applied to views inside a Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipeline. For instance, suppose we define this view inside a pipeline to stop the pipeline if we spot some duplicates:@Dlt.view( name=view_name, ...

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Yogesh_Verma_
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In DLT, expectations defined with dlt.expect_or_fail() on views are only evaluated if the view is used downstream by a materialized table. Since views are logical and lazily evaluated, if no table depends on the view, the expectation is skipped and t...

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bgerhardi
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Surrogate Keys with Delta Live

We are considering moving to Delta Live tables from a traditional sql-based data warehouse. Worrying me is this FAQ on identity columns Delta Live Tables frequently asked questions | Databricks on AWS this seems to suggest that we basically can't cre...

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tmaund1704
New Contributor II
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Hi , Is there any resolution for the above?Thanks

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sahil_s_jain
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How to Exclude or Overwrite Specific JARs in Databricks Jars

Spark Version in Databricks 15.5 LTS: The runtime includes Apache Spark 3.5.x, which defines the SparkListenerApplicationEnd constructor as:public SparkListenerApplicationEnd(long time)This constructor takes a single long parameter.Conflicting Spark ...

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baljeetyadav_23
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Hi Alberto_Umana,Do we have fix of this issue in 16.4 LTS?

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pooja_bhumandla
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data file size

"numRemovedFiles": "2099","numRemovedBytes": "29658974681","p25FileSize": "29701688","numDeletionVectorsRemoved": "0","minFileSize": "19920357","numAddedFiles": "883","maxFileSize": "43475356","p75FileSize": "34394580","p50FileSize": "31978037","numA...

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pooja_bhumandla
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What are the criterias based on which max and min files sizes vary from target file size? 

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Alex79
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Get Job Run output through Rest API call

I have a simple notebook reading a dataframe as input and returning another dataframe, which is as follows:from pyspark.sql import SparkSessionimport pandas as pd, jsonspark = SparkSession.builder \    .appName("Pandas to Spark DataFrame Conversion")...

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Vidhi_Khaitan
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Hi team,{"error_code": "INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE","message": "Retrieving the output of runs with multiple tasks is not supported..."}means the job you're triggering (job_id = 'my_job_id') is a multi-task job (even if it has only one task). In such cas...

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cool_cool_cool
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Databricks Workflow is stuck on the first task and doesnt do anyworkload

Heya I have a workflow in databricks with 2 tasks. They are configured to run on the same job cluster, and the second task depends on the first.I have a weird behavior that happened twice now - the job takes a long time (it usually finishes within 30...

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Sri_M
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@cool_cool_cool I am facing same issue as well.Is this issue resolved for you? If yes, can you please let me know what action have you taken?

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lorenz
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Resolved! Databricks approaches to CDC

I'm interested in learning more about Change Data Capture (CDC) approaches with Databricks. Can anyone provide insights on the best practices and recommendations for utilizing CDC effectively in Databricks? Are there any specific connectors or tools ...

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Deekay
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Hi @jcozar ,Thank you so much for your response  I have some queries, it will be really helpful if you can share your thoughts.How are you segregating the tables from raw to bronze? Suppose Debezium is capturing CDCs from 100 tables, all changes are ...

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lezwon
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Resolved! Install custom wheel from dbfs in serverless enviroment

Hey folks,I have a job that runs on a serverless compute. I have also created a wheel file with custom functions, which I require in this job. I see that from here, we cannot install libraries for a task and must use notebook-scoped libraries. So wha...

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loui_wentzel
Databricks Partner
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Is your dbfs mounted?Otherwise, try uploading it to your workspace's "shared" folder - this is a common place to put these sorts of files. dbfs is slowly getting phased out and not really in any best practices.

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pooja_bhumandla
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Auto tuning of file size

Why maxFileSize and minFileSize are different from targetFileSize after optimization? What is the significance of targetFileSize? "numRemovedFiles": "2099","numRemovedBytes": "29658974681","p25FileSize": "29701688","numDeletionVectorsRemoved": "0","m...

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loui_wentzel
Databricks Partner
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there could be several different reasons, but mainly, it's because grouping arbitrary data into some target file-size is well... arbitrary.Imagine I gave you a large container of sand and some emtpy buckets, and asked you to move the sand from the co...

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SreedharVengala
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PGP Encryption / Decryption in Databricks

Is there a way to Decrypt / Encrypt Blob files in Databricks using Key stored in Key Vault. What libraries need to be used? Any code snippets? Links?

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Junpei_Liang
New Contributor II
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anyone has update on this?

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Ramki
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Lakeflow clarification

Are there options to modify the streaming table after it has been created by the Lakeflow pipeline? In the use case I'm trying to solve, I need to add delta.enableIcebergCompatV2 and delta.universalFormat.enabledFormats to the target streaming table....

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lingareddy_Alva
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Hi @Ramki Yes, you can modify a streaming table created by a LakeFlow pipeline, especially when the pipeline is in triggered mode (not running continuously).In your case, you want to add the following Delta table properties: TBLPROPERTIES ( 'delta....

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michelleliu
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Resolved! DLT Performance Issue

I've been seeing patterns in DLT process time in all my pipelines, as in attached screenshot. Each data point is an "update" that's set to "continuous". The process time keeps increasing until a point and drops back to what it's desired to be. This w...

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lingareddy_Alva
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Hi @michelleliu This sawtooth pattern in DLT processing times is actually quite common and typically indicates one of several underlying issues. Here are the most likely causes and solutions:Common Causes1. Memory Pressure & Garbage CollectionProcess...

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alau131
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How to dynamically have the parent notebook call on a child notebook?

Hi! I would please like help on how to dynamically call one notebook from another in Databricks and have the parent notebook get the dataframe results from the child notebook. Some background info is that I have a main python notebook and multiple SQ...

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jameshughes
Databricks Partner
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What you are looking to do is really not the intent of notebooks and you cannot pass complex data types between notebooks. You would need to persist your data frame from the child notebook so your parent notebook could retrieve the results after the ...

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Abel_Martinez
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Resolved! Why I'm getting connection timeout when connecting to MongoDB using MongoDB Connector for Spark 10.x from Databricks

I'm able to connect to MongoDB using org.mongodb.spark:mongo-spark-connector_2.12:3.0.2 and this code:df = spark.read.format("com.mongodb.spark.sql.DefaultSource").option("uri", jdbcUrl)It works well, but if I install last MongoDB Spark Connector ve...

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ravisharma1024
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I was facing the same issue, now It is resolved, and thanks to @Abel_Martinez.I am using this like below code:df = spark.read.format("mongodb") \.option('spark.mongodb.read.connection.uri', "mongodb+srv://*****:*****@******/?retryWrites=true&w=majori...

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