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Hubert-Dudek
by Databricks MVP
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Runtime 18 LTS and change of naming convention

19 is already here, but 18 is now LTS. In a new naming convention, LTS doesn’t have a minor version. New features, behavior changes, and fixes are now added incrementally to the same major Runtime version till it becomes LTS. In fact, that approach s...

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Hubert-Dudek
by Databricks MVP
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CLI Version Check

Not yet an automatic update, but at least we can check whether our CLI version is up to date. #databricks My blog post with news: https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-dabs-indexes-ltap-genie-last-update-25-july-ffac8533774f

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Hubert-Dudek
by Databricks MVP
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Genie Spaces (Agents) in DABs

Genie Spaces (now renamed to Genie Agents) are available now in DABs as … Genie Spaces. First, you need to run bundle generate to export your existing development Genie into a bundle. #databricks My blog post with news: https://databrickster.medium.c...

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Hubert-Dudek
by Databricks MVP
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Genie Ask in CLI

We can use Genie now, even in the CLI, with a simple ask command. #databricks My blog post with news: https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-news-dabs-indexes-ltap-genie-last-update-25-july-ffac8533774f

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Hubert-Dudek
by Databricks MVP
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Lakebase CDF

If we set the REPLICA option in Postgres, we can then set CDF sync to Unity Catalog in the branch overview. #databricks more news and video https://medium.com/databrickscommunity/databricks-news-rt-lakehouse-reyden-lakebase-ttl-8416bdccf627

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Hubert-Dudek
Databricks MVP
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I hope soon it will be in DABS also LTAP is coming and is going to repalce that

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AbiolaDavid
by Databricks MVP
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Databricks Lineage: Why It Matters More Than Ever

One of the biggest challenges in modern data work isn’t just collecting information — it’s trusting it. Data moves through so many pipelines, transformations, and dashboards that by the time it reaches a business user, the question often becomes: whe...

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protmaks
by Databricks MVP
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I looked into Genie Code costs in Databricks — it’s cheap until it isn’t

I’ve been testing Genie Code in Databricks and wanted to understand not just the UX, but the actual cost behavior.My impression so far:for simple code edits / code assistance, it looks almost free,but if Genie Code starts doing things that involve re...

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DoTA
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Great writeup - I'm also facing the same problem with Genie Code.1. This billing attribution gap isn't specific to Genie Code, it shows up anywhere an agent/orchestration layer spins up ad-hoc compute (serverless one) on your behalf. Eventhough you c...

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AbiolaDavid
by Databricks MVP
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Understanding EXPLAIN FORMATTED in Databricks SQL

As data engineers, we spend a significant amount of time writing SQL queries to ingest, transform, and analyse data. However, writing a query that returns the correct results is only part of the equation. Equally important is understanding how Spark ...

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Nidhig631
by Databricks MVP
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How to enable a custom URL in Azure Databricks?

Azure Databricks now allows organisations to configure a custom URL at the account level, providing a unified and branded access point for all users.Instead of navigating multiple workspace-specific URLs, users can log in once using a single custom U...

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JesseBouwman
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I've also landed on the community page after trying to get the custom-url to work. In the accounts console itself the option is mentioned, but it seems it's unavailable for our account at the moment. Are there any prerequisites except for the ones in...

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Hubert-Dudek
by Databricks MVP
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Lakebase search

In the Lakebase project, we can enable Lakebase Search. Lakebase Search is Databricks’ managed search capability for Lakebase projects. Under the hood, it exposes two Postgres extensions: lakebase_vector, which adds approximate nearest-neighbor vecto...

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Nidhig631
by Databricks MVP
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Databricks Foreign Table

Foreign Tables in Databricks are part of Lakehouse Federation and allow you to query data that lives outside Databricks without copying it into Delta tables first. Think of them as a Unity Catalog object that points to an external system.Let’s unders...

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Hubert-Dudek
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Indexes came to Lakehouse

Lakehouse indexes allow not only to skip files during read but also, thanks to row-level tracking id to go directly to the given row and skip scanning other rows in the file. #databricks https://www.sunnydata.ai/blog/databricks-full-text-search-index...

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