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Data Lake Governance with Tagging in Databricks Unity Catalog

The goal of Databricks Unity Catalog is to provide centralized security and management to data and AI assets across the data lakehouse. Unity Catalog provides fine-grained access control for all the securable objects in the lakehouse; databases, tables, files and even models. Gone are the limitations of the Hive metadata store. The Unity Catalog metastore […]

Feature Engineering with Databricks and Unity Catalog

Feature Engineering is the preprocessing step used to make raw data usable as input to an ML model through transformation, aggregation, enrichment, joining, normalization and other processes. Sometimes feature engineering is used against the output of another model rather than the raw data (transfer learning). At a high level, feature engineering has a lot in […]

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Date and Timestamp in Spark SQL

Spark SQL offers a set of built-in standard functions for handling dates and timestamps within the DataFrame API. These functions are valuable for performing operations involving date and time data. They accept inputs in various formats, including Date type, Timestamp type, or String. If the input is provided as a String, it must be in […]

Spark DataFrame: Writing to Tables and Creating Views

Spark DataFrame: Writing to Tables and Creating Views

In this Blog Post we will see methods of writing Spark DataFrame into tables and creating views, for essential tasks for data processing and analysis. Before diving into this blog have a look at my other blog posts discussing about creating the DataFrame and manipulating the DataFrame. Creating DataFrame: https://blogs.perficient.com/2024/01/10/spark-scala-approaches-toward-creating-dataframe/ Manipulating DataFrame: https://blogs.perficient.com/2024/02/15/spark-dataframe-basic-methods/ Dataset: The […]

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DBFS (Databricks File System) in Apache Spark

In the world of big data processing, efficient and scalable file systems play a crucial role. One such file system that has gained popularity in the Apache Spark ecosystem is DBFS, which stands for Databricks File System. In this blog post, we’ll explore into what DBFS is, how it works, and provide examples to illustrate […]

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Spark: DataFrame Basic Methods

DataFrame is a key abstraction in Spark which represents structured data and allows for easy manipulation and analysis. In this blog post, we’ll explore the various basic DataFrame methods available in Spark and how they can be used for data processing tasks using examples. Dataset: There are many DataFrame methods which are subclassified into Transformation […]

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Exploring Databricks Dolly 2.0

What is Databricks? Databricks is a cloud-based data processing and data warehousing platform that has gained immense popularity in recent years. It was developed by the creators of Apache Spark, an open-source big data processing framework. Databricks provides a unified analytics platform that allows businesses to process and analyze large volumes of data efficiently and […]

Spark Parser Modes

Spark: Parser Modes

Apache Spark is a powerful open-source distributed computing system widely used for big data processing and analytics. When working with structured data, one common challenge is dealing with parsing errors—malformed or corrupted records that can hinder data processing. Spark provides flexibility in handling these issues through parser modes, allowing users to choose the behavior that […]

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Spark: Persistence Storage Levels

Spark Persistence is an optimization technique, which saves the results of RDD evaluation. Spark provides a convenient method for working with datasets by storing them in memory throughout various operations. When you persist a dataset, Spark stores the data on disk or in memory, or a combination of the two, so that it can be […]

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Spark Scala: Approaches toward creating Dataframe

In Spark with Scala, creating DataFrames is fundamental for data manipulation and analysis. There are several approaches for creating DataFrames, each offering its unique advantages. You can create DataFrames from various data sources like CSV, JSON, or even from existing RDDs (Resilient Distributed Datasets). In this blog we will see some approaches towards creating dataframe […]

Read Azure Eventhub data to DataFrame – Python

Reading Azure EventHub Data into DataFrame using Python in Databricks Azure EventHubs offer a powerful service for processing large amounts of data. In this guide, we’ll explore how to efficiently read data from Azure EventHub and convert it into a DataFrame using Python in Databricks. This walkthrough simplifies the interaction between Azure EventHubs and the […]

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Spark Partition: An Overview

In Apache Spark, efficient data management is essential for maximizing performance in distributed computing. Partitioning, repartitioning, and coalescing actively govern how data organizes and distributes across the cluster. Partitioning involves dividing datasets into smaller chunks, enabling parallel processing and optimizing operations. Repartitioning allows for the redistribution of data across partitions, adjusting the balance for more […]

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