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PROAC
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Possible degradation of Genie agentic capabilities in Databricks Free Edition this week?

Hi Everyone,Has anyone else noticed a degradation in the capabilities of Genie in the Databricks Free Edition over the past week?About a week ago, I was successfully using Genie in an agentic way, it was able to generate code, create pipelines, and b...

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @PROAC, Had a similar question yesterday.. Under normal conditions, there are two kinds of limits: Per-minute throughput: Genie has soft limits (e.g., ~20 questions/min via UI, ~5/min via API in the free tier). If you briefly exceed those, things ...

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TusharrMishra
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Login Issue

 I had community account with databricks and I was getting error with login.  So I decided to get them closed and asked the team to close it.  Mail subject [] Re: Account deletion: Re: Data Deletion Request / SSO Authentication Loop - [ ref:_00D61JGc...

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richcruzchicago
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My credentials aren't showing...

I took and passed the DataBricks Fundamentals Course. I have the DataBricks Academy certificate and the emails showing that I completed this on 4/3/2026. However, I do not find the credential or the compeleted course in my account.

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Ashwin_DSA
Databricks Employee
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Hi @richcruzchicago, Thanks for reaching out, and congratulations on completing the Databricks Fundamentals course and earning the certificate! Course completions and downloadable certificates of completion are surfaced in your Databricks Academy acc...

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SantiNath_Dey
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Handling New Columns Using Auto Loader Rescue Mode but how will get newly added column

Schema evolution (rescue mode) is being triggered for a complex JSON file. However, when a new column is added in the source, it does not appear in the target table automatically for multi-level nested JSON. How can we add newly added nested columns ...

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SantiNath_Dey
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Thank you quick response. We will check and get back you ...

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jose_moreira
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Agents option not available on the Menu

Based on the documentation, the Agents option should appear in the left sidebar under the AI/ML section. I don't see it, is because the region? I'm in us-east-2What should I do to see it?  Thank you

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balajij8
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You can find them in the AI Playground in Free Edition.Click on Playground in AI ML menu.Open Tools: Click on the Tools button.Add Tool: Select + Add tool.Under the MCP Servers section, you will see the four core categories (Genie Spaces, Unity Catal...

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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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