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PSA: Community Edition retires on January 1, 2026. Move to the Free Edition today to keep your work.

Databricks Free Edition is the new home for personal learning and exploration on Databricks. It’s perpetually free and built on modern Databricks - the same Data Intelligence Platform used by professionals. Free Edition lets you learn professional da...

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🌟 Community Pulse: Your Weekly Roundup! December 12 – 21, 2025

Learning doesn’t pause, and neither does the impact this Community continues to create!Across threads and time zones, the knowledge kept moving. Catch up on the highlights   Voices Shaping the Week        Featuring the voices that brought clarity, ...

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Anonymous
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Resolved! MetadataChangedException

A delta lake table is created with identity column and I'm not able to load the data parallelly from four process. i'm getting the metadata exception error.I don't want to load the data in temp table . Need to load directly and parallelly in to delta...

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lprevost
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I'm also having the same problem.   I'm using autoloader to load many files into a delta table with an identity column.  What used to work now dies with this problem -- after running for a long time!!

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GJ2
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Install the ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server

Hi,I am not a Data Engineer, I want to connect to ssas. It looks like it can be connected through pyodbc. however looks like  I need to install "ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server" using the following command. How do i install the driver on the cluster an...

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Johnpyatti
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Hello Databricks Community,You don’t need to be a Data Engineer to do this—connecting to SSAS via `pyodbc` is valid, but you must have ODBC Driver 17 for SQL Server installed on every node of the cluster (driver availability is mandatory, not optiona...

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Suresh_Ulhasnag
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Please do not discontinue Community Edition

Hi,A lot of Tutorials that I refer on YouTube (Most of them for 2025) still refer to community edition. Certain features in Community edition, especially related to Optimization do not appear in Free edition.Please do not discontinue Community editio...

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ganesh_raskar
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Installing Custom Packages on Serverless Compute via Databricks Connect

I have a custom Python package that provides a PySpark DataSource implementation. I'm using Databricks Connect (16.4.10) and need to understand package installation options for serverless compute.Works: Traditional Compute ClusterCustom package pre-i...

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kenny_hero
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How do I import a python module when deploying with DAB?

Below is how the folder structure of my project looks like: resources/ |- etl_event/ |- etl_event.job.yml src/ |- pipeline/ |- etl_event/ |- transformers/ |- transformer_1.py |- utils/ |- logger.py databricks.ym...

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ShivangiB1
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Sql server setup for lakeflow sql server connector to create ingestion

When i am executing below command change instance is getting created but without lakeflow as prefix, i read the documentation and it mentioned that to track schema evolution we need to have prefix, can I please get some assistance.Command Used:EXEC d...

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lingareddy_Alva
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Hi @ShivangiB1 The lakeflow prefix is not mandatory. Schema evolution is not tracked based on the CDC change instance name, but through Delta Lake metadata and Lakeflow pipeline configuration.Your command is working correctly. The change instance bei...

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Full list of serving endpoint metrics returned by api/2.0/serving-endpoints/[ENDPOINT_NAME]/metrics

Hello! Looking at the documentation for this metric endpoint: https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/machine-learning/model-serving/metrics-export-serving-endpointIt does not include a sample API response, and the code examples given don't have the full ...

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Hubert-Dudek
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New resources under DABS

More and more resources are available under DABS. One of the newest additions is the alerts resource.

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siva_pusarla
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workspace notebook path not recognized by dbutils.notebook.run() when running from a workflow/job

result = dbutils.notebooks.run("/Workspace/YourFolder/NotebookA", timeout_seconds=600, arguments={"param1": "value1"}) print(result)I was able to execute the above code manually from a notebook.But when i run the same notebook as a job, it fails stat...

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@siva_pusarla: We use the following pattern and it works,1) Calling notebook - constant location used by Job.            + src/framework                   + notebook_executor.py2) Callee notebooks - dynamic            + src/app/notebooks             ...

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Suspended Exam? Don't worry! Our support team can help!

Taking exams is so stressful already, and if your exam gets suspended it is extra stressful. Don't worry! Our support team is awesome and will help you get back on track. The most important step is to file a ticket in our Help Center. Be sure to inc...

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bhupesh952
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My exam was suspended during the system check, before I was able to join the test. While verifying my camera and microphone, the exam was auto-suspended without any warning or explanation.The check-in process took approximately 10 minutes, and shortl...

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margarita_shir
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AWS DATABRICKS COMPUTE COSTS IN USAGE DASHBOARDS

Good afternoon!I know that the built-in Databricks usage dashboards currently only display DBU (Databricks Unit) usage. Our Databricks workspaces are running on AWS, and the clusters provision EC2 instances automatically.I would like to include the u...

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skarpeck
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Lakebase not accessible in Private Network

We have a VNET Injected workspace in Azure. There are multiple SQL Warehouse which are easily accessible from Private Network - both directly from VM and via VPN on client's machine. We deployed Lakebase. Inside the Workspace, connectivity is working...

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siva-anantha
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@skarpeck: I don't have experience in Lakebase. My first thought on this issue, corporate firewall blocking outgoing connection to the lakebase public endpoint.Could you please also review if firewall allows Lakebase endpoint host on port 5432? 

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Gaurav_784295
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pyspark.sql.utils.AnalysisException: Non-time-based windows are not supported on streaming DataFrames/Datasets

pyspark.sql.utils.AnalysisException: Non-time-based windows are not supported on streaming DataFrames/DatasetsGetting this error while writing can any one please tell how we can resolve it

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siva-anantha
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I share the same perspective as @preetmdata on this

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nkrish
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Calling exe from notebook

How to call exe (c-sharp code based) from data bricks notebook?#csharp exe 

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mukul1409
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Hi @nkrish Databricks notebooks cannot run a Windows based C sharp executable. Databricks compute runs on Linux and does not support executing native Windows exe files. Because of this, a C sharp exe cannot be called directly from a Databricks notebo...

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SrikanthData_07
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Data Engineer Associate Certification in 2026

Hi Community,I’m planning to take the Data Engineer Associate Certification in 2026 to advance my skills and career. Are there any ongoing promotions or opportunities to get a 50% discount voucher for the exam? It would be incredibly helpful if you c...

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