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sirishavemula20
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My exam Datbricks Data Engineer Associate got suspended_need immediate help please (10/09/2023)

Hello Team,I encountered Pathetic experience while attempting my DataBricks Data engineer certification. Abruptly, Proctor asked me to show my desk, after showing he/she asked multiple times.. wasted my time and then suspended my exam.I want to file ...

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Cert-Team
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yes, it was!

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mipayof346
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Resolved! Beginner here. Which exam to do first?

I am new to Databricks and would like to learn and become certified. I have SQL knowledge.To get started, which exam should I do first so that I have a very good understanding of Databricks fundamentals and concepts?I was thinking of “Databricks Cert...

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Hi @mipayof346 The Data Engineer Associate certification exam assesses an individual’s ability to use the Databricks Lakehouse Platform to complete introductory data engineering tasks. This includes an understanding of the Lakehouse Platform and its ...

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Ruby8376
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Is Datbricks-Salesforce already available?

Reference: Salesforce and Databricks Announce Strategic Partnership to Bring Lakehouse Data Sharing and Shared AI Models to Businesses - Salesforce NewsI was going through this article and wanted to know if anyone in community is planning to use this...

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Hareesh1980
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Calculation on a dataframe

Hi, I need to do following calculations on a dataframe. It should be done for each period and calculated value will be used for next period's calculation. Adding sample data and formula from excel here. Thanks in advance for your help.Need to calcula...

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mipayof346
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New to databricks, which certification should I start?

I’m new to Databricks and don’t have any practical experience. I can write SQL code fluently. I’d like to get Databricks certified, which exam should I start to get a good understanding of the fundamentals?Also, what are the most important basic conc...

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@mipayof346 it's best to start with the Lakehouse Fundamentals Accreditation (free course, free assessment). Then I recommend that you move to the Data Analyst certification path. Details on both can be found here: https://www.databricks.com/learn/ce...

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vk217
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Resolved! Selective column loader unity catalog

I am loading a table into a data frame using df = spark.table(table_name) Is there a way to load only the required columns? The table has more than 50+ columns and I only need a handful of column.

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daniel_sahal
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@vk217 Simply just use select function, ex.df = spark.read.table(table_name).select("col1", "col2", "col3")

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6502
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Terraform provider, problemi in creating dependant task!

Hola all.I have a serious problem, perhaps I missed something, but can't find the solution. I need to push a job description to Databricks using TERRAFORM. I wrote the code, but there is no way to get a task dependant from two different tasks.Conside...

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daniel_sahal
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@6502 You need to make multiple depends_on blocks for each dependency, ex.depends_on { task_key = "ichi" } depends_on { task_key = "ni" }

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Sai1098
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Reading tables from different databricks clusters

Hello,My organization uses two cluster for dev and Prod. We mount our azure blobs on to delta lake to store the delta tables. Prod has bunch of data and dev has limited data. I want to move the data from prod to dev for testing purposes. How can I do...

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It depends on the current setup, how your clusters are working right now and how your data is stored. One alternative could be mount the Dev storage to the Prod cluster and execute a DEEP CLONE (https://docs.databricks.com/en/sql/language-manual/delt...

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shihs
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Can not read data from GCS

I am trying to use Databricks to read data on Google Cloud Storage (GCS) with Databricks on Google Cloud. I followed the steps from https://docs.gcp.databricks.com/storage/gcs.html.I have tried Access GCS buckets using Google Cloud service accounts o...

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