how to import sample notebook to azure databricks workspace

frunzy
New Contributor

‎10-06-2025 10:36 AM

In the second onboarding video, the Quickstart Notebook is shown. I found that notebook here:

https://www.databricks.com/notebooks/gcp-qs-notebook.html

I wanted to import it to my workspace in Azure Databricks account, to play with it. However, selecting home/import/URL results in the following message: "importing from Databricks is currently disallowed."

What am I doing wrong and how to proceed?

(I tried to download the notebook to the local pc as .htm file and then import as file - this way the import works, but then notebook shows in azure interface as html code which is not being recognized as notebook, so it is not usable either.)

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szymon_dybczak
Esteemed Contributor III

‎10-06-2025 12:11 PM

Hi @frunzy ,

You're right. It seems that functionality to import notebook from URL is broken. As a workaround you can save this html page and import it as a file. I'll give you an example for Edge browser but you can replicate the same kind of steps in any other web browser:

1. Go to https://www.databricks.com/notebooks/gcp-qs-notebook.html

2. Click CTRL+S to save page as html

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3. Now drag your downloaded html notebook and drop file to upload:

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4. And voila - you have that notebook in your workspace

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Hubert-Dudek
Databricks MVP

‎10-07-2025 12:50 AM

I reported this as a bug:

Screenshot 2025-10-07 094614.png


My blog: https://databrickster.medium.com/

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