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ChristianRRL
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SQL to Spark Dataframe

Hi there,Have a simple question. Not sure if Databricks supports this, but I'm wondering if there's a way to store the results of a sql cell into a spark dataframe? Or vice-versa, is there a way to take a sql query in python (saved as a string variab...

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menotron
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Hi @ChristianRRL, results of sql cell are automatically made available as a python dataframe using the _sqldf variable. You can read more about it here. For the second part not sure why you would need it when you can simply run the query like:spark.s...

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Brahmareddy
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Pyspark Interview Question: Inside a Walmart Data Engineering Interview

Hey Everyone, Hope you’re all doing great!A friend of mine recently went through a data engineering interview at Walmart and shared his experience with me. I thought it would be really useful to pass along what he encountered. The interview had some ...

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Phani1
by • Databricks MVP
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autoloader data processing

 Hi Team,Can you share the best practices for designing the autoloader data processing?We have data from 30 countries data coming in various files. Currently, we are thinking of using a root folder i.e country, and with subfolders for the individual ...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @Phani1 ,Structure of folders that you are going to use make sense to me. Since you've mentioned that there will be thousands of files, the best practice will be to use autoloader with file notification mode.  Also, you can read about databricks r...

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Databricks3
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Accessing the S3 Files

I am using the Unity Catalog Cluster. I have a requirement to read the files placed by the source team in a specific location (landing) in S3. I am already using a metastore pointing to a different bucket. Do I need to use an external location pointi...

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krikotti
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did anyone get any solution on this topic?  I am also facing the challenges reading the file from s3 using the boto3 with unity enabled cluster, created the s3 external location and granted the enough access. any help on this ?same path and data acce...

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Shree23
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databricks vscode profile

Hello,I'm trying to connect to our databricks instance using the vscode extension. However, when following this guide we cannot get the configuration to proceed past the point that it asks for our instance URL.when i am creating profile [DEFAULT]host...

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morozg05
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cool

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DangEdmond
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Alert Notifications not firing. Inconsistent Success Rate

Hi there,I have a few alerts for a query where if the column is set to >= 1, it will send an email notification to me and 2 others. The 2 individuals are already added as a destination.The query works because the results are populating that column wi...

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ashettyajith
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I'm facing the same issue.Don't see anything missing but still no emails even when status of the alert is triggered.@DangEdmond did you find the solution? 

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stevieg95
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Unable to login to databricks community edition

Hi, I was using databricks and it was working fine. Im using community edition. Suddenly, it logged me out. I also clicked on forgot password, changed the password and when i tried to login again, i keeps me redirecting to login page without any erro...

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sijopchalil2023
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I am still facing this issue. Is there any update ? It says "Session expired, Log back in" and goes to login window.

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SultanMohiuddin
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Session Expires every few seconds after logging into community edition

Session Expires every few seconds after logging into community edition

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studytowork
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It automatically disconnects and then connects after 1 min, destroying overall concentration.

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roshan_07
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Databricks test has been suspended.

Hi @Cert-Team, My Databricks certification test has been suspended. Not even turned my head a bit or looked away from screen but got suspended. Can you guys assist here.Request no - #00520224 ref:!00D610JGc4.!500Vp0A9m4Y:ref 

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Cert-Team
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@roshan_07 You could log into your test taker account to see if it has been rescheduled, just FYI.

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CommunityUser
by • Databricks Partner
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Your session has expired, please authenticate again

I get this message every fifteen seconds in the community edition. The platform is practically not usable by any means.

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pranav283
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Same issue. Its so annoying. Hope they rectify it asap.

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augustsc
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Running dbt in a Databricks task, the dbt_output from the Databricks jobs api is empty

I'm running a scheduled workflow with a dbt task on Azure Databricks. We want to export the dbt-output from the dbt task to a storage container for our Slim CI setup and data observability. The issue is, that the Databricks API (/api/2.1/jobs/runs/ge...

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data-enthu
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I am running dbt on a databricks job. It saves all documentation: manifest.json, run_results.json, etc in "Download Artifacts" in a job. I am not able to find out a way to read those in codes, transform and save on databricks. Tried job API. The arti...

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usman_naseem
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Experiencing Performance Issues When Using Databricks as a Transactional System with .NET App

Hello everyone,We are currently facing performance issues when using Databricks as a transactional system with our .NET application via the Simba ODBC driver. Specifically, queries are taking 30 seconds to 1 minute to insert data into 8 to 10 tables,...

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RahulPatidar
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Getting Error when add shell script in init script for job cluster to copy file from DBFS to local

Getting Error when add shell script in init script for job cluster to copy file from DBFS to local as below is not working for GCP Databricks and same thing is working for azure data bricks Verified DBFS location file is present there .shell script i...

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Ajaykumar
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Databricks certificate exam got suspended, Need help to reschedule the exam

Hi @Cert-Team ,Today Mu Databricks certificate exam was suspended in the midway after approx 1 hour. Proctor asked me to show the room and after sometime he conveyed that my exam is being suspended and i will have to reach out to Databricks team for ...

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Cert-Team
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@Ajaykumar the support team has responded to your ticket.

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