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SantiNath_Dey
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Resolved! Workflow Notification: Pass/Failed –Schema Evolution/Rescue Mode Triggered for complex json file

We are implementing an incremental load for semi-structured data [ complex nested Json file ]using Auto Loader. To handle schema drifts—such as new fields, changes in column order, or data type and precision modifications (e.g., Decimal and Integer)—...

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SantiNath_Dey
Contributor II
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Could you please help us with this? We are currently blocked in development. When new fields are added to the source JSON, the nested field names are captured in the _rescued_data (rescue) column. However, we do not get any indication of the type of ...

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SantiNath_Dey
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Resolved! Decimal Precision Loss While Reading Parquet Files in Databricks

We are extracting data from SQL Server/Oracle using ADF and storing it in Parquet format. When reading the files in Databricks using spark.read.parquet, decimal values are getting truncated—for example, 1245.1111111189979 becomes 1245.111111118. This...

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SantiNath_Dey
Contributor II
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Thank for your response.

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mcguiles
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Free Edition Apps - Failed to create app service principal due to unexpected error.

I'm trying to create an app within free edition, and I'm getting an error: "Compute error: Failed to create app service principal due to unexpected error."No matter what I do I get the same error any time I try to create an app. Any framework. hello ...

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @mcguiles, I've checked this internally. From what you describe, you’re not doing anything wrong. This appears to be a platform issue with Databricks Apps on the Free Edition rather than a misconfiguration in your workspace. When you create an app...

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lynchdhl
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Resolved! Delta Share Recipient

Is it possible to catalog a delta share as a recipient in Databricks Free?

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @lynchdhl, Yes. You can use Delta Sharing as a recipient on Databricks Free Edition, and you can catalog a share as long as your Free workspace is Unity Catalog-enabled. Functionally, this works the same as on paid workspaces. Delta Sharing is gen...

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dmptiprabhakar
by New Contributor II
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Unable to login free edition

Hello 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 understand that Databr...

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edonaire
Contributor III
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Hi @dmptiprabhakar,I have seen a few cases like this recently after the transition from Community Edition to Free Edition, and there are actually two different things happening here that are often mixed together.First, about the notebooks:Community E...

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dmptiprabhakar
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Resolved! Request Access for Notebooks or workspaces from Databricks Community Edition

I have been a long-time user of Databricks Community Edition, where I created and maintained several notebooks for learning and experimentation.Recently, I understand that the legacy Community Edition has been migrated to the new Free Edition. Since ...

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @dmptiprabhakar, Databricks announced that Community Edition would be retired at the end of 2025, and that after that date, Community Edition accounts would no longer be accessible. Official community guidance now is that legacy CE workspaces are ...

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Vidu
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Community Support Request: Integrating External API for Real-Time Data in Databricks One Chats

 Community Support Request: External API Integration in Databricks One / Genie ChatObjectiveI am trying to integrate external real-time data (via API) into Databricks One / Genie chat so that chat responses can combine:Internal workspace data (Unity ...

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emma_s
Databricks Employee
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Hi, I've managed to get this working using the UC function approach. The key is to have a good detailed description on the registered function and then a detailed instruction in the genie room itself. For my test I used a UC function that was calling...

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udrao56al
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Databricks compute not starting in free trail from azure

I am using azure free subscription and enable databricks 14 days free trial and when starting compute its showing this, even though setting min and max workers to 1,it also shows quota exceeded , i haven't used any since three days.This account may n...

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sridhoo
New Contributor II
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By default, Access mode is auto; change it to manual and single user type. Why? Azure Free Trial subscription has specific limitations that prevent the use of "shared" compute due to insufficient CPU core quotas. Free trial accounts typically have a ...

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darshank97
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! access to dbfs file browser not present in free edition?

I am not able to access the dbfs file browser in databricks free edition. Can anyone help me out, please? 

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello all, For clarity, access to the DBFS root in workspace storage isn't available in the Free edition (not the legacy, Community Edition).

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SantiNath_Dey
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Resolved! Availability of Catalog Template for Databricks Modernization Program

Hi,As part of our Databricks modernization program for the customer, we have received a request from the client regarding a Catalog template that they would like to populate to capture and articulate their business benefits.I wanted to check if we ha...

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stbjelcevic
Databricks Employee
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Great question! While Databricks doesn't publish a single "business benefits catalog template" as a downloadable artifact, there are several publicly available resources that can help you build one tailored to your modernization program: 1. Forrester...

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abhitechkr
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Resolved! Help on DocumentRenderer Helper Class implementation

Hi! I am new to Databricks and trying to learn. Need help with the DocumentRenderer Helper Class implementation in the Free edition. I am unable to find 'DocumentRenderer Helper Class' in my workspace, as it is missing, and I want to know about its i...

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aqeelwilliams
New Contributor II
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Hi Sarah, I have the same problem - it came up in one of the Databricks courses and I had downloaded the material, but still can't seem to find this object and use it with the training demo notebricks.

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SantiNath_Dey
by Contributor II
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Resolved! Implementing DQ Checks (Null, Duplicate, Date, Numeric) Using DQX

Currently implementing a Data Quality framework using the DQX framework with a metadata-driven architecture. The solution incorporates various data quality checks such as null checks, duplicate detection, date validation, and numeric validations.Coul...

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emma_s
Databricks Employee
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Hi, I've dug out a couple of articles, that I think may be a good starting point for you but I think one of the key things to think about is how to store and manage your rules. Most teams start with Yaml based configuration and use their source contr...

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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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Jose115
New Contributor II
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I had the same issue where all notebooks would not load. When switching browsers and opening the same notebook, it worked. However, I still wanted to use my previous browser. Not sure if this is a solution that will work for others, but after clearin...

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SantiNath_Dey
by Contributor II
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Resolved! Complex Json file Flatten Dynamically

Hi ,We have multiple complex JSON files and need to flatten them, especially handling array data types. Whenever an array is present, we need to create a new child table and establish a relationship between the master and child tables. This will foll...

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SantiNath_Dey
Contributor II
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Thanks for the quick response! I'm going to dive in and start building the implementation now.

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