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Thomas_Aimiuwu
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Resolved! unity catalog

please how do you create a unity catalog in a free edition? 

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Thomas_Aimiuwu
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create table demo.cases_test asselect * from csv.`/Volumes/workspace/demo/raw/cases_test.csv`WITH (  header = "true",  inferSchema  "true"); The above query also works for csv file and below works for json,parquet files respectively %sqldrop table if...

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mouni2
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Databricks workspace issue

Hello Databricks Support Team,I am unable to access my Databricks workspace due to a login redirect loop.When I sign in, my Databricks account is displayed correctly. However, when I click on the account/workspace, I am redirected back to the Databri...

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Louis_Frolio
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Hey @mouni2 , is this Databricks Free edition or paid Databricks?    I am going to assume you are using Free Edition so here are some things to consider: What you’re running into is almost always a browser cookie issue. Specifically, the browser is b...

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Thomas_Aimiuwu
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Resolved! creating tables

%sqlThis in pay-as-you-gocreate table if not exists demo.test(country string,indicator string,date string,year_week string,value string,source string,url string)using csvoptions(path "/mnt/formal1/hospital_admissions.csv")the above worked in a pay-as...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @Thomas_Aimiuwu ,Here's a workaround. Of course adjust following piece of code to your needs.%sql SELECT * FROM read_files( '/Volumes/workspace/demo/raw/hospital_admissions.csv', format => 'csv', sep => ',', header => true ); The reason wh...

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AbhilashM
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Learning Databricks Without Rushing It

Most people do not fail at learning Databricks because the platform is too hard. They struggle because they try to learn everything at once.When you open Databricks, especially the Free Edition, you are immediately presented with many choices. Comput...

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Smishra_31
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Lost my entire code base in community edition

Team, It's an Mayday Mayday Mayday situation !!!!!!!!!!!I need my entire code base back for the databricks community edition. This is totally unacceptable or a good sign of trust from databricks without any prior info how can you guy's erode the comp...

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Barah
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Same issue with me, how to recover the old code base ?

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Suresh_Ulhasnag
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Please do not discontinue Community Edition

Hi,A lot of Tutorials that I refer on YouTube (Most of them for 2025) still refer to community edition. Certain features in Community edition, especially related to Optimization do not appear in Free edition.Please do not discontinue Community editio...

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willdatabricks
Databricks Employee
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Hi @Suresh_Ulhasnag , thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately we can no longer support Databricks Community Edition. Could you point us to the youtube tutorials that point to CE? We'd like to work with the creators to get them updated. Thanks!

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AbhilashM
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Thinking in Data Engineering with Databricks

Most people who open Databricks for the first time do not feel confused because the platform is complex. They feel confused because everything appears at once.There is a sidebar filled with options like Compute, Workspace, SQL Editor, Jobs, Catalog, ...

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Siddalinga
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Getting error while creating external delta table in Databricks

I am getting below error while creating external delta table in Databricks, even there is a external location created.[NO_PARENT_EXTERNAL_LOCATION_FOR_PATH] No parent external location was found for path 'abfss://destination@datalakeprojectsid.dfs.co...

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Swamy09
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@Takuya-Omi @saisaran_g , I'm also facing the similar error, how can I resolve it.[NO_PARENT_EXTERNAL_LOCATION_FOR_PATH] No parent external location was found for path 'abfss://goldlayer@storagepracde.dfs.core.windows.net/cusdata'. Please create an e...

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gpzz
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Request for Access to Notebooks from Databricks Community Edition After Migration

Hello Databricks Community Team,I hope you are doing well.I have been a long-time user of the Databricks Community Edition and have actively used it over the years to build and maintain several notebooks for learning and experimentation.Recently, I u...

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gpzz
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@Advika  Please help !

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GopiKommuru
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Resolved! Unable to open My Community Edition

I'm unable to open DataBricks Community Edition which I was able to open last week. I have practiced a lot in different workspaces and that to I have all interview material on those workspaces. Can you please help me to log on my community edition on...

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Thomas_Aimiuwu
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I having same problem 

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JIWON
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Resolved! Multiple UI pages stuck on infinite loading (Jobs DAG, Compute, SQL Editor, Notebooks) in AWS ap-nor

Hi,I’m trying to work in Databricks, but too many things in the workspace UI are not working properly. Almost everything is stuck on infinite loading.Here are the symptoms:Jobs DAG (Tasks tab) infinite loadingI can see the job Runs history.However, w...

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JIWON
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UpdateThe same issue occurred again today. Unlike the last time when it resolved itself spontaneously after a while, this time the problem persisted.I tested on both Safari and Google Chrome, and Databricks worked perfectly on them. This confirmed th...

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JIWON
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Infinite loading specific to Arc Browser

Hi all,I previously reported issues where the Databricks Workspace UI (Jobs DAG, Compute, SQL Editor, Notebooks) was stuck on infinite loading.I previously encountered similar symptons, and at that time, the issue eventually resolved itself spontaneo...

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jlancaster86
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Resolved! Can't find zip file for "Get Started with Databricks Free Edition"

Hi, all. I'm getting stuck on the second step of the "Get Started with Databricks Free Edition" course. It's obviously instructing me to download a zip file from a GitHub repository, but there is no link provided for the repository. What am I missing...

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Advika
Community Manager
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Update: The course instructions have now been updated. You can find the required ZIP file in the Repository section at the bottom of the lesson page.Apologies for the inconvenience, @jlancaster86 & @zwilk.

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Mohanraj_Kandha
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Resolved! unable to read file in workspace/user in free edition

I am unable to read the file in workspace/user in free edition, it was actually possible few weeks back but now it throws this error"[FAILED_READ_FILE.NO_HINT] Error while reading file dbfs:REDACTED_LOCAL_PART@outlook.com/BigMartSales.csv. SQLSTATE: ...

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szymon_dybczak
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Yes, in Free Edition dbfs is disabled. If you want to upload your own files just create a managed volume in Unity Catalog. 

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Renounce3295
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Not able to serve or interact with LLMs in Databricks free

Hi there,Just testing the new Databricks free edition. Was trying to play around with LLMs, but I', not able to create serving endpoints with foundational model entities, interact with pay-per-token foundational model APIs or use them in Databricks a...

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chaowu2016
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I got the same error using the free version.

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