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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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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
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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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Rich85
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Incorrect syntax near '=' error that I can't solve

Hi,I'm receiving the error Incorrect syntax near '=' when I run simple queries like the example below.  This only happens when I use a column created using a CASE statement in the WHERE clause.  I can use any other column in the WHERE clause, includi...

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Kayla
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What jumps out to me at first is the backticks on `Peak Vertical Force / BW`, but I'm assuming that's just a column name and not an attempt at division.Next that jumps out is TestType and TestTypeName being aliased as testType and testTypeName- spark...

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PabloCSD
by Contributor III
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Can't access to a directory for installing .whl

I was trying to install a personalized .whl file located in the "shared" folder but I'm obtaining this error:org.apache.spark.SparkException: Process List(/bin/su, libraries, -c, bash /local_disk0/.ephemeral_nfs/cluster_libraries/python/python_start_...

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mathiaskvist
by New Contributor III
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SQL Warehouse REST statement execution validation fails with DECLARE SET

Hi,I'm using the REST API for SQL Warehouse in order to execute queries. I have experienced multiple times that query validation fails over the REST API, while executing the same query in the Databricks UI on the same cluster succeeds. An example: [P...

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adriennn
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Had to try for myself and it seems the sql execution context in the REST API is different than that of an *.sql script, notebook or query made against an sql warehouse through the ui. The error stems from the fact that the SET command can also be use...

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JosephX
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optimize query from power bi desktop

How to tuning databricks query performance from Power BI Dosktop

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Brahmareddy
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Hi Joeshph,How are you doing today?Give a try with below inputs and let me know if works well.Filter and aggregate data in Databricks to reduce load before it reaches Power BI. Use DirectQuery carefully, simplify measures, and reduce the number of vi...

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paulocorrea
by New Contributor II
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Issue with Lateral Column Alias (LCA)

I have a query using LCA. When referencing another table that has a column with the same name as the column used as LCA, the behavior of the query changes and it starts referencing the table column instead of the column that is already in the select ...

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ClausStier
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Hi @Kaniz_Fatma,we had the same problem as @paulocorrea.That's why it would be correct for to me to throw an error on ambiguous columns and the LCA could/must be addressed with a default identifier.Thanks

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RickB
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SQL Positional parameters: INVALID_PARAMETER_MARKER_VALUE.DUPLICATE_NAME

When trying to execute a query via sql warehouse, I get the following error:INVALID_PARAMETER_MARKER_VALUE.DUPLICATE_NAMEthe sql statement uses ? placeholders and the correct number of arguments are being passed.I am not able to use named placeholder...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @RickB ,Which API are you using to invoke this? Parameter markers can be provided by:Python using its pyspark.sql.SparkSession.sql() API.Scala using its org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession.sql() API.Java using its org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession.s...

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Akshay_Petkar
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SQL Differences When Using SSMS with Databricks Lakehouse Federation

I'm planning to connect SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) with Databricks using Lakehouse Federation. I understand that there are some differences in the SQL dialects between SSMS and Databricks SQL. For instance, in SSMS, we use TOP 10 to limit th...

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-werners-
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To add on this:if you really have to use T-SQL (the MS dialect of SQL), you can define the SQL warehouse from databricks as a linked server on your SQL server.As said: SSMS is merely a sql client, the SQL dialect to be used is defined by the database...

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AZHAR-QUADRI
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How to create my First Dashboard in Lakeview

Hello Community . I am a newbie here having an experience in tableau and power bi . I wanted to explore Dashboard creation in  Lakeview . I have created a free trial databricks account . Although there are plenty of articles and videos on how to crea...

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szymon_dybczak
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Hi @AZHAR-QUADRI ,You probably created workspace in a standard tier, that's why you can't see side bar. Recreate your workspace as a premium tier.

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Hubert-Dudek
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Optimizing SQL Databricks Warehouse Timeout Settings

Did you know the default timeout setting for SQL #databricks Warehouse is two days?The default timeout can be too long for most use cases. You can easily change this for your session or in the general SQL warehouse configuration.

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rj_22588
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Hi @Hubert-Dudek we have a java service which uses JDBC Template for connecting to databricks warehouse. We recently set a high connection idle timeout and maxLifeTime for our hikari pool connection. We are now seeing error related to invalid session...

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Martin_Pham
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Resolved! SQLWarehouse Case INsensitive

Does SQL Warehouse now have a feature that allows me to query all data without distinguishing between uppercase and lowercase?

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szymon_dybczak
Contributor III
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Hi @Martin_Pham ,At the current moment SQL Warehouses don't have this option. But according to one of the employees at databricks, this feature is coming soon: https://community.databricks.com/t5/warehousing-analytics/sqlwarehouse-case-insensitive/td...

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pavel_cerny
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Databricks JDBC driver fails with socket read timeout

Application connects to Databricks serverless SQL warehouse via Databricks JDBC driver. It executes SQL select statements only. We see small number of statements failed each day with the following error detail: java.sql.SQLException: [Databricks][JDB...

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jon1
by New Contributor II
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How to ensure all resources are released when closing a Connection via DataBricks JDBC Driver?

Hi there,I'm building a Sink that uses the Databricks JDBC Driver version 2.6.27. It appears that regardless of using a try-with-resources block and explicitly closing the Connection, the driver's internals are not releasing IdleConnectionEvictor thr...

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RakeshSen01
New Contributor II
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Still not fixed got 14k instances of com.databricks.client.jdbc42.internal.apache.http.impl.client.IdleConnectionEvictor 14,037 (0%) 673,776 B (0%) n/a And due to that application got to crashed. can you please help out as this is blocking to release...

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