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Manishkumar_79
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Certification

Dear Databricks Team and Community,I am currently preparing for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam and kindly request assistance in obtaining a certification voucher.Your support would be invaluable to help me advance my expertise ...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @Manishkumar_79 ,I have good news for you. Virtual Learning Festival just started - ️ Users who complete at least one self-paced learning pathway within Customer Academy between October 10 and October 31 will receive the following incentives: - 50...

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Carlton
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Are Clusters Available Databricks Free Edition

Hi Community,Can someone let me know if its possible to create compute clusters in Databricks Free Edition. It was available in the old Databricks Community Edition.This is quite important as a lot of my code relies on spark executions.

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Carlton
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Hello Community,Can I get your thoughts on this question please?

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Akhil_O
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Exam Time Mismatch – Unable to Attend Scheduled Certification

Re: #00757843 I had scheduled my Databricks [Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate] certification exam for 12 October 2025 at 4:00 PM IST. However, when I checked today, the system showed my exam time as 4:00H IST. Because of this discrepancy, ...

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BenBricks
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Need help understanding Databricks

Hi,I come from a traditional ETL background and am having trouble understanding some of the cloud hyper scalar features and use cases.I understand Databricks is hosted on a cloud providers. I see the cloud providers have their own tools for ETL, ML/A...

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rcostanza
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Resolved! Stateless streaming with aggregations on a DLT/Lakeflow pipeline

In a DLT pipeline I have a bronze table that ingest files using Autoloader, and a derived silver table that, for this example, just stores the number of rows for each file ingested into bronze. The basic code example: import dlt from pyspark.sql impo...

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mark_ott
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For scenarios in Databricks where lower latency is needed for Silver tables but continuous streaming pipelines are not feasible, using jobs or notebooks with foreachBatch running in Structured Streaming mode is a common and recommended approach. This...

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r_ramsen
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Databricks exam got suspended , Need urgent help

Hello Team , I faced few challenges while attempting my certification exam , the exam got paused two times when approximately 11 minutes were left for my exam to get over. I got a pop-up message which contained the message "There's eye movement". The...

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masterelaichi
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Data analyst learning plan lab files

Hi all,I am very new to databricks and to this community. I recently signed up for the data analyst learning plan and the data engineering one.The learning platform page seems like confusing maze to navigate! In the course material for the data analy...

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masterelaichi
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Hi,I managed to find the lab. It wasn't straight-forward at all. It was part of another link and no in the learning path I had signed upThe lab series I am trying to work on is thishttps://partner-academy.databricks.com/learn/courses/3701/aibi-for-da...

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Mc_stam2527
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Rajeshwar_Reddy
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ODBC connection issue Simba 64 bit

Hello AllAm getting the below error when trying to create ODBC DSN Simba 64 in local system to connect Databricks Server using the token and enabled SSL System trust store & Thrift Transport: HTTP.any helping hand really appreciated . [Simba][ThriftE...

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DougJames
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Hi @Alberto_Umana,I'm running into the same issue this connection string works on one server but is failing with this error on another.Driver=Simba Spark ODBC Driver;Host=nike-sole-react.cloud.databricks.com;Port=443;SparkServerType=3;Schema=default;...

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DBEnthusiast
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More than expected number of Jobs created in Databricks

Hi Databricks Gurus !I am trying to run a very simple snippet :data_emp=[["1","sarvan","1"],["2","John","2"],["3","Jose","1"]]emp_columns=["EmpId","Name","Dept"]df=spark.createDataFrame(data=data_emp, schema=emp_columns)df.show() --------Based on a g...

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Cert-Team
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Suspended Exam? Don't worry! Our support team can help!

Taking exams is so stressful already, and if your exam gets suspended it is extra stressful. Don't worry! Our support team is awesome and will help you get back on track. The most important step is to file a ticket in our Help Center. Be sure to inc...

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deepanshu001
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Hello @Cert-Team @cert-ops @Advika,I was facing technical issues during my Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification Exam, so I reached out to the support team for help. The support team kindly rescheduled my exam, and I was able to start it a...

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Hitch
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How to get your Vocareum lab usage resetting

I only started using the Vocareum Lab on 2 days ago and it already says I've used the 12 hours usage time yet I've barely been on it for 3 hours most. I notice on the first day it showed I'd used 4 hours yet I'd only been in it for 1 hour. So yesterd...

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Advika
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Hello @Hitch! Your Vocareum Lab access includes a total of 720 minutes (12 hours). However, time continues to count down whenever your lab environment is running, even if you’re not actively working. For example, if the session remains open in your b...

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Akshay_Petkar
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Resolved! Process and Cost for Renewing Databricks Certification

What is the process for renewing a Databricks certification? How long is the certification valid, and do we need to retake the exam for renewal? Additionally, is there a cost associated with renewal, or is it free?

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Murtaza-007-007
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That is strange, there should not be any cost associated with the renewal.

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sai_sakhamuri
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Databricks data engineer associate exam

Hello everyone,I'm reaching out to the community for assistance regarding Databricks certification and the ongoing Databricks Learning Festival. I am looking to enroll in the Data Engineer Associate Certification program, and I understand that comple...

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Advika
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Hello @sai_sakhamuri! According to the Learning Festival post, the Learning Festival incentives are for users who complete at least one self-paced learning pathway within Customer Academy between October 10 and October 31. This incentive is intended ...

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deepanshu001
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Request for Exam Rescheduling – Exam Suspended Due to Technical Error (Request #00756378)

Hello @Cert-Team @cert-ops  @Cert-TeamOPS  @Advika @Jim_Anderson,I hope you are doing well.During my attempt to take the Databricks Data Engineer Associate Certification Exam, it was unexpectedly suspended due to a technical error. I was unable to pr...

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deepanshu001
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Hello @cert-ops,I kindly request your support regarding an urgent issue — my exam was suspended due to a technical error, and I’m currently unable to proceed or reschedule. I’ve submitted a support ticket (Request #00756378) but haven’t received an u...

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