Databricks: Custom Cluster Policies & Instance Pools in Databricks
Perf 1. 🔹 Why Policies and Pools? These features are critical in enterprise Databricks deployments to enforce compliance, control costs, and improve performance. 2. Custom Cluster Policies…
Databricks: Databricks Compute (Clusters, Access Modes, Policies, and Permissions)
1. What is Compute in Databricks? 2. Types of Compute in Databricks 🔹 All-Purpose Compute 🔹 Job Compute 🔹 Serverless Compute (coming in preview/GA by region) 3….
Orchestrating and Scheduling Notebooks in Databricks
Perfect — this transcript is about Databricks Notebook Orchestration and how to parameterize/run 1. Introduction Databricks notebooks can be parameterized and orchestrated like workflows.You can: 2. Setup:…
Databricks: Databricks Utilities (dbutils) – Complete Guide
🔹 1. Introduction In Databricks, you often need to interact with: 👉 For these tasks, Databricks Utilities (dbutils) provide built-in helpers. Key points: 🔹 2. What is…
Databricks: Using Volumes in Databricks with Unity Catalog
🔹 1. Introduction In Databricks, we usually store tabular data in Delta tables (structured data).But what about: 👉 For these, Databricks introduces Volumes, which provide a governed,…
Databricks: Delta Tables – Deletion Vectors & Liquid Clustering
Delta Lake keeps improving with features that optimize performance and storage. Two of the most important recent features are: Let’s explore both in detail with examples you…
Databricks: Delta Tables MERGE & UPSERT (SCD1 + Soft Deletes)
This tutorial covers how to perform upserts (MERGE) in Delta tables on Databricks, with both hard deletes and soft deletes (using SCD1 style). 1. 🔹 Introduction In…
Databricks: Delta Tables, Catalogs, Views, and Clones
This tutorial will walk you through core Delta Lake functionality in Databricks, including catalogs, schemas, tables, views, CTAS, deep clone, and shallow clone. Each section is backed…
Databricks – Catalog, Schemas & Tables with External Location
this is exactly the core of Unity Catalog’s object model. The way Databricks resolves storage paths for managed tables depends on where you attach the external/managed location….
Databricks Lab – Managed vs External Tables + UNDROP (with External Location setup)
Databricks Unity Catalog Tutorial Managed vs External Tables + UNDROP (with External Location setup) Introduction (what we’ll build) You’ll learn to: What’s new in Databricks? (Updates &…
Databricks Lab – Working with Schemas and External Locations
We will: Unity Catalog has a 4-level hierarchy: Metastore → Catalog → Schema → Table 👉 Today we’ll create three schemas to see how Unity Catalog stores…
Databricks Lab – Catalog with External Location, & Storage Credentials in Unity Catalog
Good Read – https://dataopsschool.com/blog/databricks-catalog-schemas-tables-with-external-location/ 1. Create Catalog without External Location 2. Create Catalog with SQL 3. Drop Catalog and Drop Catalog Recursively 4. Create External Location in…
Databricks: Unity Catalog vs Catalogs vs Workspace vs Metastore
🔑 Unity Catalog vs Catalogs vs Workspace vs Metastore 1. Unity Catalog (UC) ✅ 👉 Analogy: National Library System – it governs all libraries in a country….
Databricks Components
Databricks Components Hierarchy 1. Account Level (Top Layer) 2. Governance & Data Management 3. Computation & Execution 4. Developer Interfaces 5. Data & AI Layers ✅ In…
Tutorial: Data Democratization in the Context of DataOps
1. Introduction & Overview What is Data Democratization? Data Democratization is the process of making data accessible, understandable, and usable to everyone in an organization—without requiring deep…
Semantic Layer in DataOps: A Comprehensive Tutorial
Introduction & Overview What is a Semantic Layer? A semantic layer is a data abstraction layer that sits between raw data sources and business users, providing a…
Tutorial: Metrics Store in the Context of DataOps
1. Introduction & Overview What is a Metrics Store? A Metrics Store is a centralized repository designed to store, organize, and serve business metrics in a consistent,…
KPI Dashboard in the Context of DataOps – A Comprehensive Tutorial
1. Introduction & Overview What is a KPI Dashboard? A KPI Dashboard (Key Performance Indicator Dashboard) is a data visualization tool that consolidates and displays real-time business…
Self-Service Analytics in DataOps: A Comprehensive Tutorial
1. Introduction & Overview What is Self-Service Analytics? Self-Service Analytics (SSA) is an approach that empowers business users, analysts, and even non-technical stakeholders to access, explore, and…