Widgets - Way to validate config parameters

[Digan_Parikh]

Can you use widgets to validate config parameters for notebooks?

[Digan_Parikh · Accepted solution]

For example:

folder = dbutils.widgets.get("Folder")
if folder == "":
    raise Exception("Folder missing")

or to get spark settings you can use:

spark.conf.get("my_property")

Learn more about them here - https://docs.databricks.com/notebooks/widgets.html