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IGRACH
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Disable exiting current cell when moving around with keyboard arrows

Is there any way do disable exiting current cell when I move cursor around with arrows. When I press up arrow or down arrow it will exit the current cell and go to another cell. Can that functionally be disabled so when I hold up or down arrow key, c...

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IGRACH
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Is there any place where I can put this as a request.

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phguk
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Adding NFS storage as external volume (Unity)

Can anyone share experience (or point me to another reference) that describes how to configure Azure Blob storage which has NFS enabled as an external volume to Databricks ?I've succeeded in adding SMB storage to Databricks but (if I understand prope...

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walter
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hi @phguk could you share how you managed to create an external volume referencing to an azure fileshare ?are you using Unity catalog for this ? it was my understanding this is not possible.

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cony2025
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Use Python notebook to read data from Databricks

I'm very new to Databricks. I hope this is the right place to ask this question.I want to use PySpark in a notebook to read data from a Databricks database with the below codes. databricks_host = "adb-xxxx.azuredatabricks.net" http_path = "/sql/1.0/w...

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dna1
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I would try changing the query to something like the following, it should return the column names in the table so you can see if the jdbc call is actually returning the data correctlySELECT * FROM wphub_poc.gold.v_d_building limit 10 

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robbdunlap
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Turn Off Auto-reveal of Navigation Sidebar

I work with the navigation sidebar closed and use the stacked hamburgers symbol in the upper left to reveal it when I want. Now, if you mouse over the left edge of the browser window too slowly it will auto-reveal the navigation sidebar. I do not wan...

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Advika
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I've checked with the team, and there's no way to turn this off. However, they are making adjustments to improve the experience, and a fix to refine the sidebar functionality is on the way.

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rgcabusas
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Virtual Learning Festival Enrollment

Hi everyone,I tried to enroll to Virtual Learning Festival: 9 April - 30 April but upon clicking the Customers & Prospects link for LEARNING PATHWAY 1: ASSOCIATE DATA ENGINEERING I got the error (refer attached image).Thank you in advance for the hel...

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rgcabusas
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Hi @Advika,Refer attached image. I thought it was attached in my question. I really new to here.

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Master_DataBric
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Expectation in DLT using multiple columns

Is it possible to define an  expectation  in DLT pipeline using multiple columns?For example, my source has two fields - Division, Material_Number. For division 20, material number starts with 5; for 30 material number starts with 9.Can we have this ...

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ashraf1395
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Hi @Master_DataBric , Yes its possibleHere is the doc link : - https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dlt/expectations?language=Python- https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dlt/expectations?language=SQL

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TravisBrowne
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POC Comparison: Databricks vs AWS EMR

Hello,I need some assistance with a comparison between Databricks and AWS EMR. We've been evaluating the Databricks Data Intelligence platform for a client and found it to be significantly more expensive than AWS EMR. I understand the challenge in ma...

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sandeepmankikar
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Databricks is highly optimized for Delta, which leverages columnar storage, indexing, and caching for better performance.Instead of directly processing CSV files, convert them to Delta first, then perform aggregations and joins, see if this helps

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397973
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Is it possible to concatenate two notebooks?

I don't think it's possible but I thought I would check. I need to combine notebooks. While developing I might have code in various notebooks. I read them in with "%run".Then when all looks good I combine many cells into fewer notebooks. Is there any...

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Alberto_Umana
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Hi @397973, Combining multiple notebooks into a single notebook isn't an out-of-the-box feature, but will try to combine %run commands ando output them to see if it works, sort of like: %run "/path/to/notebook1"%run "/path/to/notebook2"

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amit_jbs
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In databricks deployment .py files getting converted to notebooks

A critical issue has arisen that is impacting our deployment planning for our client. We have encountered a challenge with our Azure CI/CD pipeline integration, specifically concerning the deployment of Python files (.py). Despite our best efforts, w...

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AGivenUser
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Another option is Databricks Asset Bundles.

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ramyav7796
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Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring

Hi,I am trying to implement lakehouse monitoring using Inference profile for my inference data that I have, I see that when I create the monitor, two tables get generated profile and drift, I wanted to understand how are these two tables generating a...

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BigRoux
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When you create a Databricks Lakehouse Monitoring monitor with an Inference profile, the system automatically generates two metric tables: a profile metrics table and a drift metrics table. Here's how this process works: Background Processing When yo...

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ShivangiB
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Liquid Clustering Key Change Question

If i already have a cluster key1 for existing table, i want to change cluster key to key2 using ALTER TABLE table CLUSTER BY (key2), then run OPTIMIZE table, based on databrick document , existing files will not be rewritten (verified by my test as w...

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LRALVA
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@ShivangiB You're correct in your understanding. When you change a clustering key using ALTER TABLE followed by OPTIMIZE, it doesn't automatically recluster existing data. Let me explain why this happens and what options you have.In Delta Lake (which...

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HarryRichard08
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Unable to Access S3 from Serverless but Works on Cluster

Hi everyone,I am trying to access data from S3 using an access key and secret. When I run the code through Databricks clusters, it works fine. However, when I try to do the same from a serverless cluster , I am unable to access the data.I have alread...

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Advika
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Hello @HarryRichard08! It looks like this post duplicates the one you recently posted. A response has already been provided to the Original post. I recommend continuing the discussion in that thread to keep the conversation focused and organized.

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December
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NiFi on EKS Fails to Connect to Databricks via JDBC – "Connection reset" Error

I'm using Apache Nifi (running on AWS EKS) to connect to Databricks (with compute on EC2) via JDBC. My JDBC URL is as follows: jdbc:databricks://server_hostname:443/default;transportMode=http;ssl=1;httpPath=my_httppath;AuthMech=3;UID=token;PWD=my_tok...

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