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JuliandaCruz
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Access to Databricks Volumes via Databricks Connect not working anymore

Hi all, I use the extension to debug my python code regularly and since yesterday accessing files in the Databricks Volume isn't working anymore. The situation in the UI of Databricks is as follows:When I execute a glob statement to list all zip-file...

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mmayorga
Databricks Employee
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  hi @JuliandaCruz  Thank you for reaching out! I was able to reproduce your case while using Databricks Connect. The "Upload and Run file" option worked fine and returned results, which is essentially the same as running from the Databricks UI. Thou...

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AgusBudianto
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Resolved! Why am I getting NameError name _all_timezones_unchecked' is not defined

I defined the following local time function get datetime: def get_sysdate():    jkt_tz = pytz.timezone('Asia/Jakarta')     sysdate = datetime.now(jkt_tz).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')    return sysdatespark.udf.register("get_sysdate", get_sysdate)But...

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AgusBudianto
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Hi @Khaja_Zaffer I have connected with MS Support and explained: pytz is no thread safe package, I believe it will have some issue when executor init it parallelly. Second, this is a 3rd party lib, and suggest using the built-in library from ZoneInfo...

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turagittech
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Batch reading from sql server tables with cdc on ssql server tables

Hi all,I need to do a batch load from sql server into Databricks. I have CC enabled on some tables. The simple appears to be union CDC and regular table to get a single set of records to load, but this appears to be fraught with risk of out of sequen...

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Krishna_S
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Yes, you can use TVFs on Databricks. Please check the following link: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/sql/language-manual/sql-ref-syntax-qry-select-tvf#gsc.tab=0Can you please elaborate on how you are loading the SQL Server Data into Databricks? H...

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AshMod
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Job runs on serverless eventhough Job config has cluster definitions

Hi,I am defining the job along with job cluster specification using python sdk. But when the job runs it is using the serverless compute, instead of the defined cluster. I can say the job uses serverless from the job_run log and also from the system....

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AshMod
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Thanks for checking @ManojkMohan. I found the issue in the job task definition. There is a job_clusters list in the job definition, where I provide the cluster config details. But this alone is not sufficient to have the task use the cluster. The job...

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saab123
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Not able to connect to Neo4j Aura Db from databricks

I am trying to connect to a Neo4j AuraDb instance-f9374927. Created a free professional instance of Neo4j. I am able to connect to this instance, add nodes and relationships.   Created a Databricks shared cluster 14.3 LTS (includes Apache Spark 3.5.0...

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mark_ott
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The connection issue between your Databricks cluster and Neo4j AuraDB instance (f9374927) with the ServiceUnavailableException: No routing server available message is tied to network-level SSL configuration and connectivity rather than incorrect code...

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dbxlearner
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Deploying using Databricks asset bundles (DABs) in a closed network

Hello, I'm trying to deploy DBX workflows using DABs using an Azure DevOps pipeline, in a network that cannot download the required terraform databricks provider package online, due to firewall/network restrictions.I have followed this post: https://...

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dbxlearner
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Another thing I noticed is, when running the 'databricks bundle debug terraform' command, it mentions these variables:I have tried setting these variables as environment variables in my ADO pipeline, specially the databricks terraform provider variab...

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janglais
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Resolved! DLT Pipeline with unknown deleted source data

Hello.. I need help. So the context is : - ERP data for company in my group is stored in sql tables - Currently, once per day we copy the last 2 months of data (creation date) from each table into our datalake landing zone (we can however do full cop...

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madams
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Your solution #1 is very frustrating to me as well, for a number of reasons.  Simply put, we have to be able to compare incoming data to target data for normal ETL operations. One way around this is to create a view of your target silver table, outsi...

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kevinzhang29
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Resolved! DLT pipeline failed: streaming table query reading from an unexpected Delta table ID

Hi everyone,I'm running a DLT pipeline that loads data from Bronze to Silver using dlt.apply_changes(SCD type 2)The first run of the pipeline worked fine -- data was written successfully into the target Silver tables.However, when I ingested new data...

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mark_ott
Databricks Employee
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This “unexpected Delta table ID” error typically means your Delta Live Tables (DLT) pipeline detected that the underlying Delta table it was reading from has changed since the last checkpoint. When you use dlt.apply_changes() (for SCD Type 2), this i...

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Mits11
by New Contributor II
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Community edition cluster - UI shows incorrect cores

Hi,I am a community edition user which gives me cluster ( as per below image)15GB of memory and 2 cores with one driver node ONLY.However,when I read a csv file of 181MB size,1) it generates 8 partitiones.As per default maxPartitionBytes is set to 12...

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Mits11
New Contributor II
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Thank you Louis for detailed explaination.Including notifying me about CE updates.However, I have noticed this ( below is the screenshot)spark.sql.files.minPartitionNum does not restun any result.Its wierd.Am I missing anything?Thanks 

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Ashok_Vengala
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Resolved! Unable to Add Multiple Columns in Single ALTER TABLE Statement on Iceberg Table via Unity REST Catal

Hello Databricks Team,I have implemented code to integrate the Iceberg Unity REST Catalog with the Teradata OTF engine and successfully performed read and write operations, following the documentation at https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/external-ac...

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nayan_wylde
Esteemed Contributor II
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This error stems from the Iceberg table metadata update constraints enforced by the Unity Catalog's REST API. Specifically, the Iceberg REST Catalog currently does not support multiple schema changes in a single commit. Each ALTER TABLE operation tha...

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TejeshS
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How to identify which columns we need to consider for liquid clustering from a table of 200+ columns

In Databricks, when working with a table that has a large number of columns (e.g., 200), it can be challenging to determine which columns are most important for liquid clustering.Objective: The goal is to determine which columns to select based on th...

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noorbasha534
Valued Contributor II
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@Alberto_Umana is it possible to get from system table the columns used in joins & filters of a table being queried?

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Alby091
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Multiple schedules in workflow with different parameters

I have a notebook that takes a file from the landing, processes it and saves a delta table.This notebook contains a parameter (time_prm) that allows you to do this option for the different versions of files that arrive every day.Specifically, for eac...

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ImranA
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You can do multiple schedules with Cron expression. If you are using a Cron expression in Databricks asset bundle YAML, but the limitation is you can't have one running at 0 past the hour and another at 25 past.i.e: quartz_cron_expression: 0 45 9,23 ...

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Spenyo
by New Contributor II
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Delta table size not shrinking after Vacuum

Hi team.Everyday once we overwrite the last X month data in tables. So it generate a every day a larger amount of history. We don't use time travel so we don't need it.What we done:SET spark.databricks.delta.retentionDurationCheck.enabled = false ALT...

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pabloaschieri
New Contributor II
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Hi, any update on this? Thanks

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vamsi_simbus
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Resolved! Migrating Talend ETL Jobs to Databricks – Best Practices & Challenges

Hi All,I’m currently working on a Proof of Concept (POC) to migrate existing Talend ETL jobs to Databricks. The goal is to leverage Databricks for data processing and orchestration while moving away from Talend.I’d appreciate insights on the followin...

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vamsi_simbus
Databricks Partner
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@AbhaySingh Thank you for your insights.

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fjrodriguez
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Resolved! Ingestion Framework

I would to like to update my ingestion framework that is orchestrated by ADF, running couples Databricks notebook and copying the data to DB afterwards. I want to rely everything on Databricks i though this could be the design:Step 1. Expose target t...

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fjrodriguez
New Contributor III
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Hey @saurabh18cs , It is taking longer than expected to expose Azure SQL tables in UC. I can do that through Foreign Catalog but this is not what i want due to is read-only. As far i can see external connection is for cloud object storage paths (ADLS...

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