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itsmejoeyong
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Best Approach for Handling ETL Processes in Databricks

I am currently managing nearly 300 tables from a production database and considering moving the entire ETL process away from Azure Data Factory to Databricks.This process, which involves extraction, transformation, testing, and loading, is executed d...

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Brahmareddy
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Hi,Instead of 300 individual files or one massive script, try grouping similar tables together. For example, you could have 10 scripts, each handling 30 tables. This way, you get the best of both approches—This way you will have a freedom of easy deb...

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Brahmareddy
by Esteemed Contributor II
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Understanding Flight Cancellations and Rescheduling in Airlines Using Databricks and PySpark

In the airline industry, it’s important to manage flights efficiently. Knowing why flights get canceled or rescheduled helps improve customer satisfaction and operational performance. In this article, I’ll show you how to use Databricks and PySpark t...

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Rishabh-Pandey
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@Brahmareddy Interesting one , thanks for sharing

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AyushPandey
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Unable to reactive an inactive user

Hi all,I am facing an issue with reactivating an inactive user i tried the following json with databricks cli run_update = {  "schemas": [ "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp" ],  "Operations": [    {      "op": "replace",      "path": "ac...

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bencsik
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@FunkybunchOO Thank you for your response! I will look into other connections, but we are not currently using SCIM. There must be something similar blocking the activation.

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priyansh
by Databricks Partner
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UCX

Hey folks! I want to know what are the features that UCX does not provides in UC or specially Hive to UC Migration that can be done manually but not using UCX. As UCX is currently in developing mode so there are so many drawbacks, can someone share t...

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TinaN
by New Contributor III
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Resolved! Translating XMLNAMESPACE in SQL Databricks

We are loading a data source that contains XML. I am translating their queries to create views in Databricks. They use 'XMLNAMESPACES' to construct/parse XML.  Below is an example.  What is best practice for translating 'XMLNAMESPACES' in Databricks?...

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Retired_mod
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Hi @TinaN, To handle XMLNAMESPACES in Databricks, use the from_xml function for parsing XML data, where you can define namespaces within your parsing logic. Start by reading the XML data using spark.read.format("xml"), then apply the from_xml functio...

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zll_0091
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Can I load the files based on the data in my table as variable without iterating through each row?

Hi,I have created this table which contains the data that I need for my source path and target table. source_path: /data/customer/sid={sid}/abc=1/attr_provider={attr_prov}/source_data_provider_code={src_prov}/So basically, the value of each row are c...

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Retired_mod
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Hi @zll_0091, To efficiently load only the necessary files without manually iterating through each row of your table, you can use Spark's DataFrame operations. First, read your table into a DataFrame and determine the maximum key value. Then, filter ...

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ozbieG
by Databricks Partner
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Databricks Certification exam got Suspended - Need Support

Hello Team, @Cert-Team , @Cert-TeamOPS I faced a very bad experience while attempting my 1st DataBricks certification.I was asked to exit the exam multiple times by the support team saying technical issues. My test got rescheduled multiple times with...

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Retired_mod
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Hi @ozbieG, I'm sorry to hear your exam was suspended. Thank you for filing a ticket with our support team. Please allow the support team 24-48 hours to resolve. In the meantime, you can review the following documentation: Room requirements Behaviour...

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bytetogo
by New Contributor
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What API Testing Tool Do You Use?

Hi Databricks!I am a relatively new developer that's looking for a solid API testing tool. I am interested in hearing about other developers, new or experienced, about their experiences with API testing tools, regardless if they are good or bad. I've...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @bytetogo,In my daily work I use Postman. It has user-friendly interface, supports automated testing and has support for popular patterns and libraries. It is also compatible with Linux, MacOs, Windows.

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uniqueusername
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Databricks book recommendations

Hi all,I am very new to databricks. I am looking for any good book recommendations that can help me get started. I know there is a vast resource available online but I feel a book will give me a structured approach to get startedAny book recommendati...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @uniqueusername ,I would start with books that teach you spark.Learning Spark, 2nd Edition by Jules S. Damji, Brooke Wenig, Tathagata Das, Denny LeeData Analysis with Python and PySpark by Jonathan Rioux (Author)After you learn spark foundation, o...

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Niko1
by New Contributor III
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Unable to create a workspace

Noel Nosse <nnosse@my.wgu.edu> 9:03 PM (0 minutes ago)   to Databricks        To complete a tutorial requires a workspace. The directions for the quickstart are outdated and do not match AWS. AWS has their own guide but cloudformation requires email ...

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Niko1
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Now I get: Redirecting to: https://accounts.cloud.databricks.com/login/password?next_url=%2Fapi%2F2.

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Phani1
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Job Cluster best practices for production workloads

 Hi All,Can you please share the best practices for job clusters configurations for production workloadsand which is good when compared to serverless and job cluster in production in terms of cost and performance?Regards,Phani 

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Retired_mod
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Hi @Phani1, For configuring job clusters for production workloads in Databricks, follow these best practices: match cluster size to workload needs, enable autoscaling for dynamic adjustment of worker nodes, use spot instances with a fallback to on-de...

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haseeb4Ambition
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Databricks visualization Data labels sssssss

I have been using visualization for a lot of different usecases and has been working for instead of using 3rd party libraries. Recently I had a need to customize the data labels but I haven't seen anything in the documentation that how to do that. If...

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zll_0091
by New Contributor III
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How to return the function result instead of the function syntax of a variable?

Hi,I'm trying to get the certain value of my variable in the for loop but it's returning the syntax instead of the value. Also, is it possible to covert this value to an integer? Thanks 

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @zll_0091 ,Could you provide more code? What's inside dsfd variable? What's your expected outcome?

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orophile_user
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Azure Databricks add repo

While adding arepo in databricks workspace I am getting error as 'Error creating repoThe Azure container does not exist'Please see the attached screenshot.Anyone please suggest the fix.

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NandiniN
Databricks Employee
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There are three possible causes.  The Azure container might not have been properly created when the workspace was provisioned.The Azure container might have been deleted or moved after it was created.There might be a problem with the permissions or r...

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