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Data + AI Summit 2024 - Data Warehousing, Analytics, and BI

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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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Akshay_Petkar
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Best Approach for Migrating from EMR to Databricks

I am preparing to migrate from EMR to Databricks and would like to know the best practices for this process. Is there a direct connector, such as a JDBC connector, available to facilitate the migration? Alternatively, would it be more effective to ex...

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gchandra
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Please review this doc. https://www.databricks.com/resources/guide/emr-databricks-migration-guide

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qwerty3
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Spark dataframe performing poorly

I have huge datasets, transformation, display, print, show are working well on this data when read in a pandas dataframe. But the same dataframe when converted to a spark dataframe, is taking minutes to display even a single row and hours to write th...

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gchandra
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I understand you want it sooner. Did it at least write the data in 10 minutes compared to not writing before? There are more knobs you can tweak like  spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=auto Do you have any index columns in your spatial data that can be us...

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MightyMasdo
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writing into delta table using databricks connect

Hello we are currently facing a challenge with writing data from a local machine to Delta tables. While small data loads (e.g., 100 Rows) work without any issues, attempting to write larger batches (around 1,000 Rows) results in an exception. the iss...

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Mok9rQWafV
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Hi,I am experiencing the same behavior on LTS 13.3 and LTS 14.0. Any idea what could be happening? 

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qwerty3
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Unable to obtain count of dataframe

I am unable to obtain a count of a dataframe, it always get stuck at 1 stage, I have tried reducing the size, what can be the issue? How can I read cluster logs to identify the issue? 

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qwerty3
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Driver memory is good enough, it is able to handle 90 lakhs data, what I am giving it is definitely less than that, what can I do about skewed data and shuffling?

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Aminsnh
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Adding customized shortcut keys

Hi all, I need to add a shortcut key for R's pip operator (%>%) to my Databricks notebook. I want the operator to be written in my code snippet when I hold down the shortcut keys (shift + ctrl + m). Is there a straightforward way to add such shortcut...

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DataFarmer
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Resolved! How to let Business Users edit tables in Databricks

Hi Community!I have the requirement that business users shall be able to edit/update tables in Unity Catalog, e.g. master data records, mapping tables. I also want thes actions to be logged for auditing/troubleshooting.Is there any simple solution to...

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kenwong
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We do have a few partners that offer solutions in this space (e.g. Retool).  Recently, Sigma added support for their InputTable feature which was designed for this use case: https://www.sigmacomputing.com/blog/bring-your-own-data-to-databricks-with-s...

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JS_L
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ERROR: key not found in SQL when trying to pass the result of a CTE as a function parameter

Hi Community,I try to pass the result of a CTE as a function parameter as code below WITH t1 AS ( SELECT array_join(collect_list(output), ',') AS x FROM my_catalog.my_db.get_x(:startTime, :endTime) ) SELECT 'AM_offline' as Type, CASE WHEN off...

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JS_L
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Hi @szymon_dybczak Thanks for replying. I don't the issue is related to datatype, since the query works if I pass the subquery to _x parameter without CTE.Please see as below code:SELECT 'AM_offline' as Type, CASE WHEN offline_ratio > 1.5 THEN 'no-Go...

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sachamourier
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Importing Python files into another Workspace Python file does not work

I have created Python modules containing some Python functions and I would like to import them from a notebook contained in the Workspace. For example, I have a "etl" directory, containing a "snapshot.py" file with some Python functions, and an empty...

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filipniziol
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Hi @sachamourier ,It will work, but you need carefully craft path to sys.path.append(), you even do not need __init__.py to make it work.Try to hard-code the path to the snapshot.py in workspace.Add this to your notebook: import sys import os absolu...

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LeoRickli
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Serverless SQL warehouses on GCP?

According to the official Databricks documentation on GCP, I should have the ability to deploy a serverless SQL warehouse inside Databricks. Following the documentation, it is requested to turn on Serverless SQL warehouses (On), but there is nothing ...

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LeoRickli
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Hello @filipniziol, thanks for the response.I'm the workspace owner. I just gave myself the account admin (Metastore admin) but still got nothing new.

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Akshay_Petkar
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Resolved! Migrate Azure Synapse Analytics data to Databricks

I have to migrate the data from Azure Synapse Analytics to Databricks. Could anyone share the different approaches to migrate data, and from those, which is the best approach to use?

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Gail207Martinez
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Hello!Migrating data from Azure Synapse Analytics to Databricks can be done using several approaches. You can configure a pipeline in Azure Data Factory (ADF) to copy data from Synapse SQL to Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) and then load it into Datab...

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EmmaP
by New Contributor III
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Understand cluster activity Serverless SQL

Hello, Following abnormally high costs when using serverless sql on September 9 and 10, I noticed that the cluster sometimes stays on for an hour even though it's not receiving any new requests, and that the auto-stop is set to 5 minutes of inactivit...

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RCo
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Hi @EmmaP!I have encountered this. Even though the UI says that they are complete, they actually are not. While the query itself completed, the client is still fetching the data from the SQL Warehouse.To check if this is your issue, from the monitori...

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Hubert-Dudek
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PDF report from databricks

You can now send pdf reports from Lakeview dashboards. Just hit subscribe (you can also add subscribers by yourself in schedule settings) #databricks 

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bernsb
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Cool. This is a very convenient feature since most people now use the PDF format when working with text files. If anyone has ever had any issues with this format, I can say that I recently needed to merge several PDF files into one, and with the help...

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xwen
by New Contributor II
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how to modify data type of a column explicitly via DBSQL

is there a SQL equivalent of overwriteSchema ?https://docs.databricks.com/en/delta/update-schema.html#explicitly-update-schema-to-change-column-type-or-name

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xwen
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 In place schema adjustment =>Then ALTER TABLE XXX ADD/DROP COLUMN XXX INTExamplecreate table test (id int, first_name string, last_name string ); insert into test values (1, 'john', 'smith'); alter table test add column age int; select * from testCr...

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msolcuadrado
by New Contributor II
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SQL warehouse autostop not working

I'm using a SQL warehouse with autostop after 5 minutes of inactivity.  However, the cluster is constantly activating and deactivating without any explanation. There are no queries being executed, and I can't identify any reasons why it is happening,...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @msolcuadrado ,In your case I would try to contact directly with databricks support team. This is a serious issue and I feel your pain. They should help you pinpoint an excat cause + maybe you'll get a refund

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dikokob
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Internal Error During Spark SQL Phase Optimization – Possible Bug in Spark/Databricks Runtime

We are experiencing the following issues.Description:I encountered an issue while executing a Spark SQL query in Databricks, and it seems to be related to the query optimization phase. The error message suggests an internal bug within Spark or the Sp...

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