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lshar
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Resolved! How do I pass arguments/variables from widgets to notebooks?

Hello,I am looking for a solution to this problem, which is known since 7 years: https://community.databricks.com/s/question/0D53f00001HKHZfCAP/how-do-i-pass-argumentsvariables-to-notebooksWhat I need is to parametrize my notebooks using widget infor...

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T_Ash
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Can we create paginated reports with multiple parameters(one parameter can dynamically change other parameter) or we can pass one variable from one dataset to other dataset like power bi paginated report using Databricks dashboard, please let me know...

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Altay
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Delta merge drops cached variables

Hi Everyone,I have an ingestion script where I use the delta merge to update and append newly incoming data in dataframe format to an existing delta table.I am experiencing an issue where all the variables that have been used previously loose their d...

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Marcel
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Resolved! Set environment variables in global init scripts

Hi Databricks Community,I want to set environment variables for all clusters in my workspace.The goal is to have environment (dev, prod) specific environment variables values.Instead of set the environment variables for each cluster, a global script ...

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brickster
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We have set the env variable at Global Init script as below,sudo echo DATAENV=DEV >> /etc/environmentand we try to access the variable in notebook that run with "Shared" cluster mode. import os print(os.getenv("DATAENV"))But the env variable is not a...

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HariharaSam
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Using variables in Spark SQL

Is there a way to declare variables in Spark SQL like we do it in T-SQL?

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Debayan
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Could you please follow the below link and let us know if this helps? https://community.databricks.com/s/question/0D53f00001HKHa3CAH/how-do-i-pass-parameters-to-my-sql-statements

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sgannavaram
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Resolved! How to pass variables into query string?

I have two variables StartTimeStmp and EndTimeStmp, i am going to assign the Start timestamp to it based on Last Successful Job Runtime and EndTimeStamp would be current time of system.SET StartTimeStmp = '2022-03-24 15:40:00.000';SET EndTimeStmp = '...

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Hubert-Dudek
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@Srinivas Gannavaram​ , in python:spark.sql(f""" SELECT CI.CORPORATE_ITEM_INTEGRATION_ID , CI.CORPORATE_ITEM_CD WHERE CI.DW_CREATE_TS < '{my_timestamp_variable}' ; """)

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bdc
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Is it possible to access a variable in markdown cells?

I saw a similar question in a discussion 5 years ago and back then this option was not available. https://community.databricks.com/s/question/0D53f00001HKHhNCAX/markup-in-databricks-notebookI wonder if this feature has been added. It is possible to d...

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bdc
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When I click on the feedback link under workspace/help, it opens a page with page not found.

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MikeK_
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Resolved! SQL variables in a notebook

Hi, In an SQL notebook, using this link: https://docs.databricks.com/spark/latest/spark-sql/language-manual/set.html I managed to figure out to set values and how to get the value. SET my_val=10; //saves the value 10 for key my_val SET my_val; //dis...

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shyam_9
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Hi @Mike K.., you can do this with widgets and getArgument. Here's a small example of what that might look like: https://community.databricks.com/s/feed/0D53f00001HKHZfCAP

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tonyp
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How to pass a python variables to shell script.?

How to pass a python variables to shell script.in databricks notebook, The python parameters can passed from the 1 st cmd to next %sh cmd .?

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erikvisser1
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I found the answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54662605/how-to-pass-a-python-variables-to-shell-script-in-azure-databricks-notebookbles basically: %python import os l =['A','B','C','D'] os.environ['LIST']=' '.join(l)print(os.getenv('L...

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samalexg
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How to add environment variable

Instead of setting the AWS accessKey and secret Key in hadoopConfiguration, I would like to add those in environment variables AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY. How can I do that in databricks?

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jric
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It is possible! I was able to confirm that the following post's "Best" answer works: https://forums.databricks.com/questions/11116/how-to-set-an-environment-variable.htmlFYI for @Miklos Christine​  and @Mike Trewartha​ 

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