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prasad_vaze
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Resolved! Unable to add column comment on a View. Any way to update comments on multiple columns in bulk?

I noticed that unlike "Alter Table" there is no "Alter View"  command to add comment on a column in the existing view. This is a regular view created on Tables (and not Materialized view).  If the underlying table column has comment then the View inh...

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Pinei
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Use COMMENT ONCOMMENT ON | Databricks on AWS

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FanMichelle0729
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Serveless compute does need has cloud accout(AWS、Google 、Azure)

I am a Databricks beginner, and I would like to ask if the Compute created in the Databricks account , it means also exists in the cloud account (e.g., AWS)? If the AWS account is deactivated, the existing compute will not be usable. This is what I h...

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Takuya-Omi
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@FanMichelleTW No, Databricks recommends using serverless compute, and you can use serverless compute as well.To do so, open a notebook and check the top-right corner to see if a serverless compute option is in a Ready state. If it is, simply select ...

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bmhardy
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Creating a hierarchy without recursive statements

I am looking to build a hierarchy from a parent child relationship table, which I would typically use a recursive statement for in SQL Server / Azure SQL. This would mean setting an anchor, most commonly the top record of the tree, and then join back...

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bmhardy
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Thank you, I will give this a try. I'll let you know how it goes.

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citizenX7042
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Error with Read XML data using the spark-xml library

hi, would appritiate any help with an error with loading an XML file with  spark-xml library.my enviorment :14.3 LTS (includes Apache Spark 3.5.0, Scala 2.12)library : com.databricks:spark-xml_2.12:0.15.0on databricks notebook.when running this scrip...

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barsha_sharma
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UPDATE:It is now possible to read xml files directly: https://docs.databricks.com/en/query/formats/xml.html Make sure to update your Databricks Runtime to 14.3 and above, and remove the spark-xml maven library from your cluster.

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smanda88
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Handling Over-Usage of Capacity in Databricks Jobs/Processes

Hi all,Is there a tool or method in Databricks to ensure data integrity and stability when a job or process exceeds the allocated capacity? Specifically, I’m looking for ways to:Prevent failures or data loss due to resource overuse.Automatically scal...

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Alberto_Umana
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Hello @smanda88 - For point 1, please see; https://docs.databricks.com/en/lakehouse-architecture/reliability/best-practices.html For 2, you can use auto-scaling, please refer to: https://docs.databricks.com/en/lakehouse-architecture/cost-optimization...

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nathanmle
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Where to find Jupyter Notebook course materials for Get Started with Databricks for Generative AI

Hello, I can't seem to find any way to gain access to the Jupyter Notebook demo source of "Get Started with Databricks for Generative AI" course.  Please help.  Thank you kindly in advance. 

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Advika_
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Hello @nathanmle! We are sorry to inform you that we are no longer offering notebooks or the DBC files for the self-paced courses due to recent changes.If you’re interested in working on labs in a provided Databricks environment, you can purchase the...

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larryjiyu
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Databricks CE - Where is the quickstart tutorial?

Hello! I was looking through Databricks tutorials online, but my interface looks different from many of the videos I'm seeing. What happened to the Quickstart tutorials on the home page? Are they no longer available on the dashboard? 

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pdemeulenaer
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Databricks asset bundles dependencies

Is anyone aware of a way to include a requirements.txt within the job definition of a databricks asset bundle? Documentation mentions how to have dependencies in workspace files, or Unity Catalog volumes, but I wanted to ask if it is possible to decl...

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databricksassetbundles
Dependency
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cleversuresh
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I have the same question.

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EngHol
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Error uploading files to a Unity Catalog volume in Databricks

Hi everyone,I'm developing an API in Flask that interacts with Databricks to upload files to a Unity Catalog volume, but I'm encountering the following error:{"error_code": "ENDPOINT_NOT_FOUND", "message": "No se encontró API para 'POST /unity-catalo...

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Alberto_Umana
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Hello @EngHol, This endpoint: /api/2.0/unity-catalog/volumes/upload is not a valid one, hence the issue. Looking at the API for volumes, unfortunately there is no way to upload to a volume: https://docs.databricks.com/api/workspace/volumes

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NehaR
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Hide function definition in Unity catalog

Hi ,I have created a function to anonymize user id using secret.I want to give access of this function to other users so they can execute it without giving access to the secret .Is it possible in databricks? I have tested it and see user is not able ...

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Alberto_Umana
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Hi @NehaR, I am afraid it might not be possible without giving secret access to the users. Another approach would be to use a Service Principal.

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reggie
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Resolved! Issue enabling mosaic

Hi,I am trying to install mosaic on my cluster, but get the error once I use 'enable_mosaic': ImportError: cannot import name '_to_java_column' from 'pyspark.sql.functions' (/databricks/spark/python/pyspark/sql/functions/__init__.py) File <command-14...

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JuanRomero
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Thanks, I had the same issue and I was able to fix it

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mrstevegross
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Resolved! Container lifetime?

When launching a job via "Create and trigger a one-time run" (docs), when using a custom image (docs), what's the lifetime of the container? Does it create the cluster, start the container, run the job, then terminate the container? Or does the runni...

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Alberto_Umana
Databricks Employee
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Hi @mrstevegross  Cluster Creation: When you submit a job using the "Create and trigger a one-time run" API, a new cluster is created if one is not specified.Container Start: The custom Docker image specified in the cluster configuration is us...

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