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abhinandan084
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Resolved! Community Edition signup issues

I am trying to sign up for the community edition (https://databricks.com/try-databricks) for use with a databricks academy course. However, I am unable to signup and I receive the following error (image attached). On going to login page (link in ora...

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brokeTechBro
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Hello,I get "An error occurred, try again"I am exhausted from trying... also from solving the puzzle to prove I'm not a robot

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User16752245312
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How can I make Databricks API calls from notebook?

Access to Databricks APIs require the user to authenticate. This usually means creating a PAT (Personal Access Token) token. Conveniently, a token is readily available to you when you are using a Databricks notebook.databricksURL = dbutils.notebook....

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StephanieAlba
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This was a question and answer in one

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gtaspark
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Resolved! How to get the total directory size using dbutils

Is there a way to get the directory size in ADLS(gen2) using dbutils in databricks? If I run this dbutils.fs.ls("/mnt/abc/xyz") I get the file sizes inside the xyz folder( there are about 5000 files), I want to get the size of the XYZ folder how ca...

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User16788316720
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File size is only specified for files. So, if you specify a directory as your source, you have to iterate through the directory. The below snippet should work (and should be faster than the other solutions).import glob   def get_directory_size_in_byt...

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brickster_2018
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Resolved! How to add I custom logging in Databricks

I want to add custom logs that redirect in the Spark driver logs. Can I use the existing logger classes to have my application logs or progress message in the Spark driver logs.

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Kaizen
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1) Is it possible to save all the custom logging to its own file? Currently it is being logging with all other cluster logs (see image) 2) Also Databricks it seems like a lot of blank files are also being created for this. Is this a bug? this include...

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PHorniak
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Resolved! AttributeError: 'DataFrame' object has no attribute 'rename'

Hello, I am doing the Data Science and Machine Learning course. The Boston housing has unintuitive column names. I want to rename them, e.g. so 'zn' becomes 'Zoning'. When I run this command: df_bostonLegible = df_boston.rename({'zn':'Zoning'}, axi...

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KrunalLathiya
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If df_boston is a DataFrame, but you still face issues, try an alternative syntax: df_boston = df_boston.rename(columns={'zn': 'Zoning'}).Make sure df_boston is a proper DataFrame and you're using a recent version of Pandas.

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User16826994223
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TPC -DS test On databricks

If I want to run TPC-DS test on databricks what are the steps involved, do we have already daya available on databricks file system or I have to download or create from somewhere.

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aladda
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See the spark-sql-perf repo for details on how to run benchmark tests using TPC-DS - https://github.com/databricks/spark-sql-perf

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tj-cycyota
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Whats the difference between magic commands %pip and %sh pip

In Databricks you can do either %pipor %sh pipWhats the difference? Is there a recommended approach?

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stefnhuy
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Hey there, User16776431030.Great question about those magic commands in Databricks! Let me shed some light on this mystical matter.The %pip and %sh pip commands may seem similar on the surface, but they're quite distinct in their powers. %sh pip is l...

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User15986662700
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User15986662700
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Yes, it is possible to connect databricks to a kerberized hbase cluster. The attached article explains the steps. It consists of setting up a kerberos client using a keytab in the cluster nodes, installing the hbase-spark integration library, and set...

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Madman
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Resolved! Snowflake connection to Databricks error

When I am trying to read snowflake table from my databricks notebook, it is giving the error as:df1.read.format("snowflake") \.options(**options) \.option("query", "select * from abc") \.save()Getting below errorjava.sql.SQLException: No suitable dri...

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pdiegop
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@anurag2192 did you managed to solve it?

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Anonymous
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wmespi
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Is this random number not possible to extract from the notebook context? It is available in the browser_hash but that is not populated when running a job.Is this random number static or does it change over time? If it is static, it can then be hardco...

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Aj2
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Resolved! How to connect to DB2-AS400?

What are the steps needed to connect to a DB2-AS400 source to pull data to lake using Databricks? I believe it requires establishing a jdbc connection, but I couldnot find much details online

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Hi @Ajay Menon​ Hope all is well! Just wanted to check in if you were able to resolve your issue and would you be happy to share the solution or mark an answer as best? Else please let us know if you need more help. We'd love to hear from you.Thanks!

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keenan_jones7
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Cannot create job through Jobs API

import requests import json instance_id = 'abcd.azuredatabricks.net' api_version = '/api/2.0' api_command = '/jobs/create' url = f"https://{instance_id}{api_version}{api_command}" headers = {'Authorization': 'Bearer myToken'} params = { "settings...

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rAlex
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@keenan_jones7​ I had the same problem today. It looks like you've copied and pasted the JSON that Databricks displays in the GUI when you select View JSON from the dropdown menu when viewing a job.In order to use that JSON in a request to the Jobs ...

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Erik_L
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Resolved! Data size inflates massively while ingesting

GoalImport and consolidate GBs / TBs of local data in 20-mb chunk parquet files into Databricks / Delta lake / partitioned tables.What I've DoneI took a small subset of data, roughly 72.5 GB and ingested using streaming below. The data is already seq...

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Anonymous
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Hi @Erik Louie​ Hope all is well! Just wanted to check in if you were able to resolve your issue and would you be happy to share the solution or mark an answer as best? Else please let us know if you need more help. We'd love to hear from you.Thanks!

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ironising84
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Question on Databricks Spark online proctored exam

Some silly questions folks. I took online proctored Databricks spark certification couple of days back and my unofficial result was pass. I received a mail that it might https://speedtest.vet/ take upto one week to receive the certification, if awar...

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Rajeev_Basu
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better would have been to ask for permission before drinking. I can share my exp. My mobile alarm started buzzing during the exam, I requested the moderator, he then paused the exam and asked me to take my laptop to the mobile and then to switch off,...

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