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Upcoming webinar (16th June 2026): using Databricks in a practical invoice automation workflow
Hi everyone,Hopefully this is the right place to share!Myself and a colleague @Pilsner are running a webinar next week (Tuesday 16th June, 4pm UK time), which should be useful for people working in finance, data engineering, analytics or automation.W...
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Just a few hours to go before our webinar!Looking forward to seeing you there
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power BI mask function
Hello,My table in databricks is using a function to mask PII columns, in my power BI report I am using import mode.I notice that my report in power BI will have the PII masked depending on the privileges of the user who publish the report, it means i...
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Hi, I've done some research on this and I think you maybe updating the credentials in the wrong place. It's slightly confusing but when you update a power bi dashboard it uses the credentials in the Power BI connection set up not the job credential...
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Why Is Real-Time Ticketing, Crowd Scaling & Payment Sync So Hard in Event Apps?
I’m currently working at Dev Technosys, and I’ve been exploring some of the deeper technical challenges in event management app development, especially for large-scale events where thousands of users interact with the system simultaneously.One major ...
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Error when executing spark.readStream Script
Hi all,When I try to execute the script (as per the screenshot below), in a Notebook cell, I get an error message. I am using Databricks Free Edition, and am not sure if the error relates to the compute cluster that I am using?Any guidance would be ...
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Please attach a full error screenshot. Does Spark say something specific like:TABLE_OR_VIEW_NOT_FOUNDis not a Delta tablePERMISSION_DENIEDcheckpoint location already existsschema mismatch
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Resolved! Beginner in Data Engineering + AI-Looking for Learning Path Guidanc
Hello everyone,I’m a beginner who is starting my journey in Data Engineering and AI Engineering. I’m currently learning basic concepts and trying to understand how everything connects in real-world projects.My goal is to become a Data Engineer / AI E...
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My suggestion is to keep the path simple in the beginning. Start with SQL, basic Python, and core data engineering thinking first. Then learn Spark basics, DataFrames, transformations, and Delta Lake. After that, move into Databricks Lakehouse concep...
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Is the databricks token expired?
Hi all,I set up a serverless endpoint for my agent via an S-account. This S-account is also granted access to another serverless endpoint. During the inference of my endpoint, I use the Databricks SDK to connect to the other endpoint without explicit...
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@pikachu89 wrote:Hi all,I set up a serverless endpoint for my agent via an S-account. This S-account is also granted access to another serverless endpoint. During the inference of my endpoint, I use the Databricks SDK to connect to the other endpoint...
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Resolved! Unable to start the lab for "Get Started with Databricks for Data Warehousing" course
Hello,I am having the following issue while starting the lab for the "Get Started with Databricks for Data Warehousing" course. I purchased the course with the lab option. Can you guide me to resolve this issue? I appreciate your help. Thank you. l =...
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The issue has now been resolved @susmit, and the labs are running smoothly. You should be able to start the lab for the course without any errors.
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Databricks Community Edition Not working
Hello,Is the Databricks Community Edition working, as I am getting error every time and after enter my mail id for login and enter the pass-code, it again load the Sign-In page again and i have tried with multiple browsers as well.Can anyone help giv...
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Resolved! Salesforce with Databricks
Hi ,We as a company have expertise in Salesforce with years of experience but now we want to expand ourselves to Databricks . We have applied for Databricks Partner and are training engineers . Now what are the additional functionalities that databri...
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Hi @pragya17 Salesforce is transactional in nature but Databricks open up multiple forms of analytics as mentioned above.You can also benefit from Databricks ability to hold historic Salesfore records in Databricks as well as time travel enabling you...
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unable to create DBX account : Unable to signup. Please try again, or sign in here...
Hi,I have been trying to create an account at databricks community edition but unable to do it for the past we weeks.Can someone from the databricks support team look into it? I am getting this since past few weeks. Unable to attach the HAR file. Do ...
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I hit this same error last week and finally got past it. Sharing what worked, since the existing replies didn't cover this specific cause.What worked for me:Used Edge in InPrivate / incognito mode (Chrome works too if you fully clear cookies first)Sw...
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Resolved! Cells highlighter for VS Code?
Hi allI've recently had to switch to VS Code to run some Claude coding over my notebooks and python libraries.I stumbled on highlighting cells for notebooks with SQL injection. It seems to be nowhere documented how to fix.I use Databricks issued "IDE...
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Hi @Dimitry, From the public docs, this looks more like a limitation of the current VS Code experience. As you stated, Databricks now defaults notebooks to .ipynb format. However, you can still switch or convert notebooks between Jupyter (.ipynb) and...
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Resolved! Starting Data Engineering
Hello everyone, my name is Judith. I have been a tech community manager and customer support for the past 5 years. However, this year I am transitioning to become a data engineer. I would love any recommendations or courses to get started. Thank you....
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Hello , You can start with Databricks Academy I started directly by exploring free Databricks Workspace and its tool , gaining insights from various resources .You can start with Data Ingestion , there are lot many clouds that databricks give as opti...
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Looking for exam voucher help — Databricks Data Engineer Professional
Hi Databricks Community,I am Ragini, a fresher AI/ML developer from Vadodara, India. I am reaching out honestly because I need help with the exam fee for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional certification.During my internship at Stella...
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Hi @Ragini_T, really sorry to hear that. Databricks does offer 50% certification vouchers during its Learning Festival events. The upcoming Advanced Learning Festival is scheduled for 15 June - 06 July 2026, where you can earn a discount voucher. You...
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Add comment to multi columns with views
With Table, I can add comment to multi columns by using: ALTER TABLE your_table_name ALTER COLUMN col1 COMMENT 'comment1', col2 COMMENT 'comment2', col3 COMMENT 'comment3';How can I do with views?
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For views, there isn’t a single multi-column ALTER VIEW ... ALTER COLUMN col1 ..., col2 ... form. Update each column one at a time instead. Databricks supports column comments on views, and newer runtimes/SQL warehouses use COMMENT ON COLUMN; older f...
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Resolved! Schema Evolution and Schema Enforcement without Delta live Tables & Unity catalog
In Delta Lake, schema evolution with mergeSchema handles column additions perfectly — new columns get added and old rows get NULL. But when there is a data type change in the incoming data (for example, a column that was INT now coming as STRING from...
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Yes — defining the schema manually for production is okay when you are not using Auto Loader. With a manually provided schema, you should expect stricter enforcement: Delta will not automatically absorb non-widening type changes like INT -> STRING in...
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