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Access S3 with temporary session credentials

Extract IAM session credentials and use them to access S3 storage via S3A URI. Requires Databricks Runtime 8.3 and above....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Gobinath.Viswanathan

Cannot use IAM roles with table ACL

You cannot obtain IAM credentials when table ACLs are enabled because access to the EC2 instance metadata service is blocked....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Enable s3cmd for notebooks

Use an init script to enable s3cmd for use in notebooks....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by pavan.kumarchalamcharla

How to check if a spark property is modifiable in a notebook

Learn how to modify Spark properties in a Databricks notebook....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

JSON reader parses values as null

When you read a JSON file, the Spark JSON reader returns null values instead of the actual data....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by saritha.shivakumar

Common errors in notebooks

Learn about common errors from Databricks notebooks....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

display() does not show microseconds correctly

Use show() to display timestamp values with microsecond precision. display() is limited to millisecond precision....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by harikrishnan.kunhumveettil

Error: Received command c on object id p0

You see the error message `INFO:py4j.java_gateway:Received command c on object id p0` after running Python code with imported libraries....

Last updated: August 21st, 2023 by rakesh.parija

Failure when accessing or mounting storage

Do not mount storage to the root mount path....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by kiran.bharathi

Access notebooks owned by a deleted user

How to access Databricks notebooks owned by a deleted user....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by John.Lourdu

Notebook autosave fails due to file size limits

Learn what to do when your Databricks notebook fails to autosave due to file size limits....

Last updated: May 16th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

How to send email or SMS messages from Databricks notebooks

Learn how to send an email from your Databricks notebook....

Last updated: May 17th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Troubleshooting unresponsive Python notebooks or canceled commands

Learn how to troubleshoot unresponsive Python notebooks and cancelled commands in Databricks notebooks....

Last updated: May 17th, 2022 by Adam Pavlacka

Update job permissions for multiple users

Use the job permissions API to update permissions for multiple users....

Last updated: May 17th, 2022 by Atanu.Sarkar

Service principal cannot create access token

You cannot create a token on behalf of a service principal with the API when token usage is disabled....

Last updated: July 1st, 2022 by rakesh.parija

Generate browser HAR files

Learn how to record HAR files in your web browser. These are very useful when troubleshooting UI issues....

Last updated: November 16th, 2023 by vivian.wilfred

Recover deleted notebooks from the Trash

Deleted items can be recovered from the Trash for 30 days after deletion....

Last updated: September 2nd, 2022 by vivian.wilfred

Get workspace configuration details

Display the complete configuration details for your Databricks workspace....

Last updated: February 29th, 2024 by kavya.parag

Iterate through all jobs in the workspace using Jobs API 2.1

Use the Jobs API 2.1 to iterate through and display a list of jobs in your workspace....

Last updated: July 28th, 2023 by debayan.mukherjee

Too many execution contexts are open right now

Reduce the number of notebooks used to limit the number of execution contexts required for your job....

Last updated: July 8th, 2024 by akash.bhat

Use an Azure AD service principal as compute ACL

Create an Azure AD service principal and use it for access control....

Last updated: December 21st, 2022 by venkatasai.vanaparthi

Generate a list of all workspace admins

Use the included sample code to generate a list of all workspace admins....

Last updated: June 7th, 2023 by simran.arora

%run magic command not working as expected with %python listed first

Ensure that the %run command is the first line in the command cell....

Last updated: January 31st, 2025 by Lucas Ribeiro

Permissions error when accessing Unity Catalog tables

Use a shared cluster or warehouse, use serverless, or upgrade to Databricks Runtime 15.4 LTS or above. ...

Last updated: January 31st, 2025 by jose.navarro

Error when trying to read a notebook from another notebook in the same workspace

Use the Databricks SDK to read a notebook’s contents. ...

Last updated: February 12th, 2025 by monica.cao

Git-integrated workloads fail in Databricks with “PERMISSION_DENIED: Invalid Git provider credentials” error

Check Git provider credentials and token settings....

Last updated: March 19th, 2025 by satyadeepak.bollineni

Unable to import from DBC file: INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE error

You must set "direct_download": "true" when exporting via the API....

Last updated: March 22nd, 2025 by kevin.salas

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