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jose_gonzalez
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Resolved! Where does the schema for a Delta table set reside?

I would like to know where can I find the current schema information from my Delta table.

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jose_gonzalez
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The table name, path, database info are stored in Hive metastore, the actual schema is stored in the "_delta_log" directory that should be in the root path location where you Delta table is stored.

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jose_gonzalez
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Resolved! How can I read a specific Delta table part file?

is there a way to read a specific part off a delta table? When I try to read the parquet file as parquet I get an error in the notebook that I’m using the incorrect format as it’s part of a delta table. I just want to read a single Parquet file, not ...

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jose_gonzalez
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Disable Delta format to read as Parquet you need to set to false the following Spark settings:>> SET spark.databricks.delta.formatCheck.enabled=false OR>> spark.conf.set("spark.databricks.delta.formatCheck.enabled", "false")its not recommended to re...

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jose_gonzalez
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Resolved! should I run ANALYZE TABLE on Delta tables?

I would like to know if it recommended to run Analyze table on Delta tables or not. If not, why?

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jose_gonzalez
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You can run  ANALYZE TABLE  on Delta tables only on Databricks Runtime 8.3 and above. For more details please refer to the docs: https://docs.databricks.com/spark/latest/spark-sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-aux-analyze-table.html

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User16753724663
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Download private repo from GitHub Enterprise in Databricks notebook

We are trying to download our repository which is hosted on GitHub Enterprise to use its python libraries in our notebooks.Earlier we had issues with downloading our repository using the repos feature in Databricks platform since only notebooks can b...

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User16753724663
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To fix the issue, we need to pass the token in the header itself git clone https://<token>:x-oauth-basic@github.com/owner/repo.gitExample:%sh   git clone https://<token>@github.com/darshanbargal4747/databricks.git

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User16753724663
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Unable to use on prem Mysql server as we are not able to resolve the hostname

while connecting from notebook, it returns the error unable to resolve name.

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User16753724663
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Since we are unable to resolve hostname, it point towards the DNS issue. We can use custom dns using init script and add in the cluster:%scala dbutils.fs.put("/databricks/<directory>/dns-masq.sh";,""" #!/bin/bash #####################################...

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Verify auto-optimize from delta history

How can I verify if auto-optimize is activated from Delta history for the two scenarios below? Will the DESC history show the details in both the cases? 1). Auto-optimize set on the table properties2). Auto-optimize enabled in spark sessionP.S. - I'm...

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User16753724663
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Resolved! Unable to create a token while deploying the workspace using terraform

we have automated out deployment with python API's however we have been caught in a situation which we cannot yet solve.We are looking to collect a token during the first deployment within the environment. currently our API requires a token.Is there...

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User16753724663
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We can use below API to create a token and use the username and passwordcurl -X POST -u "admin_email":"xxxx" https://host/api/2.0/token/create -d' { "lifetime_seconds": 100, "comment": "this is an example token" }'

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User16826992666
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Resolved! Can you import a Jupyter notebook to a Databricks workspace?

Also curious if you can export a notebook created in Databricks as a Jupyter notebook

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User16826992666
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Yes, the .ipynb format is a supported file type which can be imported to a Databricks workspace. Note that some special configurations may need to be adjusted to work in the Databricks environment. Additional accepted file formats which can be import...

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Resolved! What should I be looking for when evaluating the performance of a Spark job?

Where do I start when starting performance tuning of my queries? Are there particular things I should be looking out for?

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Srikanth_Gupta_
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Few things on top of my mind.1) Check Spark UI and check which stage is taking more time.2) Check for data skewing3) Data skew can severely downgrade performance of queries, Spark SQL accepts skew hints in queries, also make sure to use proper join h...

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User16826992666
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Does Databricks SQL support any kind of custom visuals?

Wondering if I can make any kind of custom visuals or are the ones that come built in the only options?

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User16826992666
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At this time the only available visuals are the ones that are included in the Databricks SQL environment. There is no way to import or create custom visuals.

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User16826992666
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User16826992666
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No you do not. Although Delta is the default file format when writing data using Databricks, any file type supported by spark can be used when writing data.

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User16826992666
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What happens if a spot instance worker is lost in the middle of a query?

Does the query have to be re-run from the start, or can it continue? Trying to evaluate what risk there is by using spot instances for production jobs

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User16826992666
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If a spot instance is reclaimed in the middle of a job, then spark will treat it as a lost worker. The spark engine will automatically retry the tasks from the lost worker on other available workers. So the query does not have to start over if indivi...

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User16826992666
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No, the HTML is a point-in-time snapshot of the notebook from when you perform the export. Visuals and data results do not update in the HTML when updates are made on the notebook still in the workspace.

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