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RaTheMighty5
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Trying to set up Databricks Free Edition but getting Free Trial instead

Hello, I was trying to get the new Databricks Free Edition, but instead I was redirected and the account was created via Free Trial which is 14 days with 40$. I was using the official link, and te screen showed that it is Free Edition not Trial. Used...

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bhanu_gautam
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@RaTheMighty5 , You can go through below article Beginner’s Guide to Getting Started with Databricks Free Edition (Step-by-Step) | by Bhanu Gautam | Jun, 2025 | Medium

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sam082000
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Resolved! Can only see a SQL Warehouse under Compute tab

How can I create a Spark cluster in the free edition? I only see a SQL warehouse under the compute tab and there is no way to switch workspaces.

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bhanu_gautam
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@sam082000 , Yes currently only serverless compute is available in free edition

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SeshaPV
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Tried configuring SAML SSO on databricks Trial on AWS. now I dont see sso enabled. How to enable sso

SAML setup failed because of reason unknown to me . The only confusion for me was acs url. i fixed it on aws . But still."Single sign-on (SSO) is disabled. Single sign-on (SSO) allows users to authenticate using your organization's identity provider....

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Leung
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Unable to create Workspace

Dear team,I recently created a Databricks account under the free trial. Although I have been granted admin permissions, I’m currently unable to create a workspace—the "Create Workspace" button is greyed out on my account.Could you please assist in re...

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Advika
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Hello @Leung! Please ensure that your Databricks subscription is active and correctly linked to a billing account. You can verify this by visiting the Account Console and checking your subscription status.

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atuljain
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Account type

I mistakenly created trial account while I wanted to create a community account. I wan to create community account with same mail id please let me know the process.

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Advika
Databricks Employee
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Hello @atuljain! First you need to terminate the existing trial account. Please make sure to: Stop any active compute resources, in your current workspace.Terminate any Databricks-associated resources from your cloud account. Once done, visit the Dat...

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Edthehead
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Not able to login to Community edition

I'm getting an error while trying to login to my community edition. I have a bunch of notebooks there which I need to access. Kindly let me know how to access my Community edition.  

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Advika
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Hello @Edthehead! For assistance with Community Edition login issues, please drop an email to help@databricks.com. The team will be able to guide you further in recovering access to your account.

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GovardhanReddy
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Resolved! how to install ojbdc8 on the cluster

I am trying to load data from AWS RDS oracle database to data bricks. While i am trying to read the tables from that DB in data bricks and getting error message "Class Not Found Exception". and i am not able to install driver on cluster. So, help me ...

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Renu_
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Hi @GovardhanReddy, as per my understanding, you're encountering the Class Not Found Exception  because the Oracle JDBC driver is not installed on your Databricks cluster. To resolve this, you can follow these steps:Download the Oracle JDBC driverUpl...

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help_needed_445
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Resolved! Question about posting a question

I'm trying to post a question in the data engineering location but the website is giving this message "Correct the highlighted errors and try again." but nothing is highlighted. I have one 3 lines of text in the body.

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Advika
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Hello @help_needed_445! Could you please share a screenshot of your entire post, including the error message? This will help us better understand the issue and assist you further.

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Dimitry
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Unable to query external GraphQL API

Hi allI'm switching to evaluating Databricks after being unhappy with Microsoft Fabric.I'm looking for a platform to aggregate external files and tables, do processing and push into 3rd party using GraphQL. That push is going to be quite sophisticate...

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greenPlatypus
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How to Get Access to All-Purpose Compute Cluster While on Free Trial

Hi everyone,I signed up for the Databricks Community Edition free trial with the intention of testing a 3rd-party integration with Databricks. When trying to set up the integration, the account only showed the SQL Warehouses compute option, and not t...

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sarahbhord
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Hey greenPlatypus -  Free trials only offer serverless/SQL compute clusters (due to resource and cost controls). Standard or Premium tiers provide all-purpose compute clusters, and the Premium tier is recommended for full features and future proofing...

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harshajain
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how to get databricks host name

how to get databricks host name from trial account

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Renu_
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Hi @harshajainFollow below steps:Log in to the Databricks trial portalAccess the Workspace provided upon login.The hostname is the part of the URL. For example, if the URL is https://trial-1234568.cloud.databricks.com, the hostname is trial-1234568.

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dcbauer
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Resolved! Databricks Trial Credits and Account Problems (Premium Account)

I created a new databricks Trial account last night, I only got $4.00 in credit.  Not sure why that happened.I uploaded a very small dataset, 3 files (total 9KB) to the "Serverless Starter Warehouse".  Did three queries to check the data and three ho...

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Ajay-Pandey
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Hi @dcbauer Trial amount is decided based on your org and email id and it can be between $1 to $400 It's to prevent the misuse of trial account

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sayandeb
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Resolved! Is databricks community edtion cluster having issue?

i am trying to run a piece of code and everytime i am getting "Notebook detached×Exception when creating execution context: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Connect Timeout". Can anyone please tell if there is any issue going on for the databrics com...

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communityedition
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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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That information is not published, unfortunately.Cheers,Big Roux

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Ananya98
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Resolved! Accessing hands on lab

I am trying to do data Analytics course and not able to find the link for labs, can someone please share the same

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Advika
Databricks Employee
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Hello @Ananya98!Are you currently enrolled in the Self-paced course? Please note that lab access isn’t included with the self-paced course. To access the labs, you would need to either purchase an Academy Lab subscription, which provides access for o...

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sreevidya25
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cluster creation

Hello,I am trying to start cluster and run some command in my notebook however the cluster is not starting and not giving error.

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Can you tell us more?  How are you configuring your cluster? Is this the free trial (full Databricks environment)?  Thanks, BigRoux.

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