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MadelynM
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[Recap] Data + AI Summit 2024 - Warehousing & Analytics | Improve performance and increase insights

Here's your Data + AI Summit 2024 - Warehousing & Analytics recap as you use intelligent data warehousing to improve performance and increase your organization’s productivity with analytics, dashboards and insights.  Keynote: Data Warehouse presente...

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_its_akshaye
by New Contributor
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Resolved! Create Cascading Dropdown in Dashboard

I am creating a dashboard, and I am looking to implement the scenario below.How do I create a cascading dropdown where selecting one field filters the available values in another dropdown?In a dropdown, how do I show a description for each option for...

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pradeep_singh
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Create a dataset that returns the “parent” values . Add filter A and connect it to that dataset field. Create a dataset for “child” values whose query is parameterized by the parent selection, or simply filters on the parent field: Configure the filt...

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satyambaranwalc
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! how to create a workspace with community edition?

how to create a workspace with community edition?workspace is not being created after login to community edition.

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hey @satyambaranwalc , Communithy Edition has been depricated.  You want to use the NEW and IMPROVED Free Edition.  You can sign up here: https://www.databricks.com/learn/free-edition Hope this helps, Louis.

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danilo_amorim
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Unable to connect to databricks with ODBC connection on a Mac

Hi all!Need help configuring ODBC connection on a Mac. I'm receiving the error "The web server failed to start, please verify if  port 8020 is being used by another connection or annother application".I've downloaded and installed Databricks ODBC con...

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Allex_Sanus
New Contributor II
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Could you please provide the macOS ODBC driver? I’ve been trying to download it from the official website, but the download links are not working.

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Leif
by New Contributor II
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RLS

Hi,I have created a function that I have applied as a row filter function to multiple tables.The function takes one input parameter (a column value from the table). It then uses session_user() to look up a user in our users table. If the user is foun...

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Leif
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Hi! Sorry for the late reply, lots of holidays No, the user table does not have a row filter in it. The structure is like this:schema1.users: contains a list of users obviously, and it has a column with a customer id for the customer they are allowed...

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jasmin_mbi
by New Contributor
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Impossible to create classic warehouse

Hello,we have already spent surprisingly many DBUs, although we have only uploaded a few tiny tables (9 Tables with approx. 10 lines).We had the idea to change the warehouse from serverless starter warehouse to classic 2x small in order to save DBUs....

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Advika
Community Manager
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Hello @jasmin_mbi! Did the suggestion shared above help resolve the issue with creating a classic SQL warehouse? If yes, please consider marking the response as the accepted solution.

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viniciusmartins
by New Contributor II
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Dataflow Gen2 Timeout When Loading Databricks Tables

 I created a Dataflow Gen2 to get data from Databricks. I can see the preview data very quickly (around 5 seconds). But when I run the dataflow, it takes 8 hours and then cancels with a timeout. I’m trying to get 8 tables with the same schema. Six of...

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viniciusmartins
New Contributor II
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Do you think the Databricks cluster that Microsoft Fabric is connected to needs more capacity?

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andre_rizzatti
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SQLWarehouse Case INsensitive

Good morning, is there any parameter or configuration that causes all my data to be consulted without case distinction? insensitive?

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hb0313
New Contributor II
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Is this feature available in GA? Can you help with documentation?

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amekojc
by New Contributor II
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Resolved! Show values as rows instead of columns in pivot table Databricks AI/BI

Is there a way to show values in columns instead of rows in pivot table function?I have fields I want to show as rows, and when I want to add multiple fields under values, they show as rows instead of columns.I want each values field to show as colum...

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hello @amekojc ,  Yes — Databricks AI/BI pivot tables do support showing multiple measure values as columns, not just as a single stacked “values” row. How to set it up Create a Pivot visualization and add your dimension fields under Rows, and optio...

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Malthe
by Valued Contributor II
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Resolved! Intermittent connectivity issues between Power BI and Databricks

We're experiencing connectivity issues between Power BI (refreshing a dataset) and Databricks.On the Databricks side, we're using a SQL Warehouse (serverless), which reports queries timing out:Query has been timed out due to inactivity.On the Power B...

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emma_s
Databricks Employee
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From everything you've said, it's most likely some kind of Cloud issue with regional availability or network connectivity between Power BI and Databricks. If you want to pursue further I would suggest you log a support ticket with your cloud provider...

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alxsbn
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Resolved! Metric View measure on joined table

On the Databricks documentation they take the TPCH classical tables to create some example https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/metric-views/create/It's pretty easy to create a metric view using orders and do a measure like SUM(totalprice). Now let's s...

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NandiniN
Databricks Employee
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Hi @alxsbn ,  The Metric View joins are designed for "Many-to-One" relationships. Because orders and lineitem have a One-to-Many relationship (one order has multiple line items), you cannot join lineitem onto an orders-based Metric View and aggregate...

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senkii
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Resolved! How to make a table in databricks using excel file

I want to upload excel file to make a table by using UI in databricks.since databricks doesn't accept excel files. So I tried to change the datatype of  all the data in excel to string first.Then transform it to csv uft-8, and click the [create ]butt...

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iyashk-DB
Databricks Employee
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If your workspace has Genie spaces enabled, you can upload Excel (.xlsx) directly to Genie and analyze it there; it’s designed for quick validation and NLQ over uploaded files and UC tables. Otherwise, you can use the following approaches: Option A: ...

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TJ-Leap-Forward
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Resolved! AI/BI Genie for Snowflake

For one of my client, we are building the entire semantic layer for Data (BI) reporting who uses Snowflake. Is there a way to quickly integrate AI/BI Genie on top of Snowflake ?

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Louis_Frolio
Databricks Employee
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Hey @TJ-Leap-Forward ,  Yes — you can stand up Databricks AI/BI Genie on top of Snowflake quickly by federating Snowflake into Unity Catalog and then building Genie spaces over those governed datasets, without migrating data out of Snowflake. This wo...

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nanditakrishnan
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Resolved! Databricks Dashboard Optimization

I have trouble understanding why, for every report in a dashboard that refers to the same data source, the query re-runs each time Ideally I would want queries being used to fuel the tables for the dashboard run exactly once, and then have the filter...

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Poorva21
Contributor II
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Your expectation is reasonable, but most dashboards are designed to recompute queries per visual. The best workaround is to precompute the base dataset in a table or view, and have all visuals query that instead. This reduces query load and ensures c...

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Rennzie
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Resolved! Understanding what impacts "Optimizing query & pruning files" time

Hi everyone. I'm keen to understand what impacts the "Optimizing query & pruning files" times seen in the Query Profile History for a sQL Warehouse query. We're querying against delta tables and cannot find any information about what or when a query ...

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Rennzie
New Contributor II
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Hey @Louis_Frolio, thank you for the detailed response - really useful. We'll work through what looks most relevant to us. Question 1: Can you confirm of the `compilation_time_ms` in the metrics from the list query endpoint corresponds to the “Optimi...

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jpdoliveira
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Create a table from external location volume using terraform

Hi everyone,I’m trying to create a table in Unity Catalog from a folder that lives inside a Volume, but I can’t get Terraform to create it successfully.Below is the simplified/anonymous version of my Terraform setup.I have:* A Unity Catalog* A Schema...

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Hubert-Dudek
Databricks MVP
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It will not work because it will detect that the locations overlap. I tried it in some experiments, like displaying delta_log in volumes, but it didn't work. In fact, it is secure this way as the Delta files in volume would bypass Unity Catalog ACL f...

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