Data import.

[GRV]

i am using the databricks free edition and when i am importing a csv file i am not able to access that csv file in using spark commands(when i am creating a dataframe) it says "Public DBFS root is disabled." and i can't find any "data" tab in my side bar, even after importing inside my not book i cannot access it.

[ilir_nuredini]

Hello @GRV 

Regarding DBFS, there is no official update on enabling full access in the Free Edition. Also, DBFS is now considered a legacy approach, and you would need to use Unity Catalog Volumes for storing and accessing data going forward is recommended.

Example upload to UC Volume:

1. Go to the catalog you wanna have the data in, and click create Volume

2. Give it a name and click create:

3. Then use the "Upload to this volume" button to upload the data:

4. Here it is an example how to read a csv file from Volume:

df = spark.read.csv("/Volumes/main/finance/reports/monthly/may2025.csv", header=True, inferSchema=True)
df.show()

Hope that helps. Best, Ilir

[Ganeshch]

They stopped most of the features in community version, I think its better to use trial version , so that atleast we can use some of the features.