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RodrigoSilva
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Accidentally removed the only workspace admin – Free Edition

Hello Databricks Team,I accidentally removed my own user account from the admins group in my Databricks Free Edition workspace.I was the only administrator, and I can no longer access the Identity and Access settings.My account still has access to th...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hi @RodrigoSilva, I did some digging and here is what I found. In a regular Databricks account this is a quick fix: an account admin opens the account console and hands the workspace admin role back. Free Edition doesn't have an account console or ac...

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Aminsn
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Jobs suddenly stopped running with no errors

I have had a few jobs scheduled to run daily since last year. There were no problems for the first 10 months, but on 31 August 2026, the jobs suddenly stopped running, with no errors or messages indicating the cause.I rescheduled the jobs, and they s...

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ThomazNeto
Databricks Partner
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Hi Aminsn,I understand the frustration, but "stopped with no errors" is a useful clue. When a job fails, you see red runs. When nothing appears at all, the scheduler didn't try, which usually means the trigger was paused or the run was skipped before...

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HariSankar
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Resolved! Unable to Start Serverless Compute in Databricks Free Edition

Hello everyone,I am using Databricks Free Edition. I had not used my account for quite some time, and I recently logged in to start working again.When I try to start Serverless Compute, I get the following error:Cannot start serverless computeHas any...

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @HariSankar, Welcome back to Databricks!  Here are some options to help you work through this.  Firstly, check whether you are on the Free Edition or the old Databricks Free Edition. This is the most common cause of this exact error. The legacy Co...

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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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upendra2
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vikramraj
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Databricks Account locked Issue

Hi  TeamI am writing to raise a concern regarding continued difficulty accessing a Databricks free trial account using my company email address. This issue has persisted for an extended period and I would appreciate your assistance in resolving it. I...

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SantiNath_Dey
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MetaData Framework for Multi-Level Silver Layer PK/FK Creation

Hi Team,Our source data originates from MongoDB as hierarchical JSON and is ingested into our Silver layer, where it is already normalized into tabular structures. However, primary and foreign key constraints are not enforced during ingestion. We mus...

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @SantiNath_Dey, Databricks has solid building blocks for this, and there's even a purpose-built metadata framework you can lean on. At its core, your pipeline needs to do three things...generate surrogate keys at each level, resolve parent referen...

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SantiNath_Dey
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Recommendation for Data Reconciliation Frameworks (Legacy vs. Migrated Validation)

Hi Team,We need to perform a data quality check between an legacy table and a newly migrated table generated by refactored code. Specifically, we want to validate:Schema & Volumetrics: Total row counts, column counts, and column data type distributio...

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ThiamLee
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This is a great use case for a data reconciliation framework. Automating schema, row counts, aggregates, and row-level hash comparisons would save a lot of manual effort and make migration validation much more reliable.

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YuryRu
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Resolved! Demo: REQUIRED - Data Setup and Exploration

Hi!I’m new to Databricks.I’m taking the AI/BI for Data Analysts course, and I’d like to know how I can access the notebook “Demo: REQUIRED - Data Setup and Exploration.”

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @YuryRu, From the screenshot you shared, it looks like you’ve found the notebook. Please let me know if you’re still unable to locate it.

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ritika12
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user ac does not exist in tenant Microsoft Service

Selected user account does not exist in tenant 'Microsoft Services' and cannot access the application '2ff814a6-3304-4ab8-85cb-cd0e6f879c1d' in that tenant. The account needs to be added as an external user in the tenant first. Please use a different...

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pradeep_singh
Honored Contributor III
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Try using incognito mode just to make sure you are not getting auto redirected or logged into the wrong microsoft account

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taniumalloy
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Resolved! Issues with Custom Agents on Free Edition

I have ran into a few issues while learning how to use Custom Agents in Databricks Apps that I would like to call out - both to help others and hopefully motivate platform improvements.The only model that seems to work is databricks-meta-llama-3-3-70...

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DoTA
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On the third issue (errors starting from the second user message) - this looks like it's coming from how the app's own conversation-history handling deals with items from the OpenAI Agents SDK's output, rather than from the model or MCP layer itself....

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Abishrp
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Contract or Free trial discounts in System table

Hi,I am unable to find the contracted pricing or free trial data for Databricks DBU in system table. Can I get the discounted pricing based on All Purpose, Job Compute etc..

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mark_ott
Databricks Employee
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Discounted pricing for Databricks DBU is available when you commit to usage for 1 or 3 years—a model called Databricks Commit Units (DBCUs). Discounts can reach up to 37% off pay-as-you-go rates depending on your commitment.​ DBU Discounted Rates by ...

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Aparajita_Nag
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Compute start issue

Hi Databricks team,I have unity catalog enabled in azure databricks. My region is West India, I have created a compute to run sql notebook with policy unrestricted ,checked photon acceleration and single node in Trial edition of azure. Databricks run...

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nick_martinek
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Hi @Aparajita_Nag First, try selecting a different VM size for the classic compute, as SkuNotAvailable / Capacity Restrictions usually means Azure currently has no capacity for Standard_D4ds_v5 in West India.It is also worth checking your Azure subsc...

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Rahul_Mallick
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Databricks App Access Issue - Free Tier Platform

Hello Everyone,I'm experiencing a critical issue with my Databricks App deployment. The app is running successfully but completely inaccessible via all access methods due to OAuth authentication failures.## Issue SummaryI have created the Databricks ...

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juan_maedo
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Hi, @Rahul_Mallick I’ve never used it on the free plan, only on dedicated Databricks workspaces.In my experience, I’ve worked with apps on some private Databricks instances and others that are “publicly accessible,” and I’ve encountered these same ty...

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