Get Started with Databricks for Data Analysis

In this course, you will learn basic skills that will allow you to use the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to perform a simple data analytics workflow and support data warehousing endeavors. You will be given a tour of the workspace and be shown how to work with data objects in Databricks such as catalogs, schemas, tables, compute clusters, notebooks, and dashboards. You will then follow a basic data analytics workflow to perform tasks such as manipulating data using Databricks SQL, leveraging Delta Lake version logs to time travel, creating dashboards within the platform, and creating Genie Spaces for data exploration using natural language prompts. You will also learn how Databricks supports data warehousing needs through the use of Databricks SQL, Delta Live Tables, and Unity Catalog. With the purchase of a Databricks Labs subscription, the course also closes out with a comprehensive lab exercise to practice what you’ve learned in a live Databricks Workspace environment.

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Onboarding

Duration

Prerequisites

The content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities:

A basic understanding of data analytics principles and topics such as ANSI SQL, statistical analysis, and data preparation and presentation

Outline

Databricks Overview
Databricks Infrastructure
Databricks Data Intelligence Platform
Unity Catalog Overview
Databricks Workspace Walkthrough

Using Databricks for Data Analysis
Introduction to Data Analysis on Databricks
Writing Queries in Databricks
Using Databricks Assistant with Databricks SQL
Delta Lake Overview
Using Delta Lake features with Databricks SQL

Databricks AI/BI
Introduction to AI/BI
Creating a Dashboard in Databricks
Creating Genie Spaces
Data Analysis Comprehensive Lab

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Upcoming Public Classes

Machine Learning Practitioner

Data Preparation for Machine Learning

This course focuses on the fundamentals of preparing data for machine learning using Databricks. Participants will learn essential skills for exploring, cleaning, and organizing data tailored for traditional machine learning applications. Key topics include data visualization, feature engineering, and optimal feature storage strategies. Through practical exercises, participants will gain hands-on experience in efficiently preparing data sets for machine learning within the Databricks. This course is designed for associate-level data scientists and machine learning practitioners. and individuals seeking to enhance their proficiency in data preparation, ensuring a solid foundation for successful machine learning model deployment.

Deploy Workloads with Databricks Workflows

By scheduling tasks with Databricks Jobs, applications can be run automatically to keep tables in the Lakehouse fresh. Using Databricks SQL to schedule updates to queries and dashboards allows quick insights using the newest data. In this course, students will be introduced to task orchestration using the Databricks Workflow Jobs UI. Optionally, they will configure and schedule dashboards and alerts to reflect updates to production data pipelines.

In this course, you’ll learn how to orchestrate data pipelines with Databricks Workflow Jobs and schedule dashboard updates to keep analytics up-to-date. We’ll cover topics like getting started with Databricks Workflows, how to use Databricks SQL for on-demand queries, and how to configure and schedule dashboards and alerts to reflect updates to production data pipelines.

Note: This course is part of the 'Data Engineering with Databricks' course series.

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Associate

Machine Learning Practitioner

Machine Learning Model Deployment

This course is designed to introduce three primary machine learning deployment strategies and illustrate the implementation of each strategy on Databricks. Following an exploration of the fundamentals of model deployment, the course delves into batch inference, offering hands-on demonstrations and labs for utilizing a model in batch inference scenarios, along with considerations for performance optimization. The second part of the course comprehensively covers pipeline deployment, while the final segment focuses on real-time deployment. Participants will engage in hands-on demonstrations and labs, deploying models with Model Serving and utilizing the serving endpoint for real-time inference.

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Lab

Associate