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andrew0117
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Resolved! How to read a local file using Databricks( file stored in your own computer)

without uploading the file into dbfs? Thanks!

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Hubert-Dudek
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In my opinion, it doesn't make sense, but...you can Mount SMB Azure file share on a Windows Machine https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-how-to-use-files-windows and then mount the same folder on databricks using pip install ...

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jsaddam28
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How to import local python file in notebook?

for example I have one.py and two.py in databricks and I want to use one of the module from one.py in two.py. Usually I do this in my local machine by import statement like below two.py__ from one import module1 . . . How to do this in databricks???...

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StephanieAlba
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USE REPOS! Repos is able to call a function that is in a file in the same Github repo as long as Files is enabled in the admin panel.So if I have utils.py with:import pandas as pd   def clean_data(): # Load wine data data = pd.read_csv("/dbfs/da...

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DimitrisMpizos
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Exporting data from databricks

I couldn't find in documentation a way to export an RDD as a text file to a local folder by using python. Is it possible?

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To: Export a file to local desktop Workaround : Basically you have to do a "Create a table in notebook" with DBFS The steps are: Click on "Data" icon > Click "Add Data" button > Click "DBFS" button > Click "FileStore" folder icon in 1st pane "Sele...

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