Databricks Account (Source: Google Cloud Storage)

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Overview

You can use this account type to connect Databricks Snaps with data sources that use the Databricks account with Google Cloud Storage as source.

Prerequisites

  • A valid Databricks account.

  • Certified JDBC JAR File: databricks-jdbc-2.6.25-1.jar

Limitations and Known Issues

None.

Account Settings

 

  • Asterisk ( * ): Indicates a mandatory field.

  • Suggestion icon ( ): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.

  • Expression icon ( ): Indicates the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.

  • Add icon ( ): Indicates that you can add fields in the fieldset.

  • Remove icon ( ): Indicates that you can remove fields from the fieldset.

Field Name

Field Type

Field Dependency

Description

Field Name

Field Type

Field Dependency

Description

Label*

 

Default Value: N/A
ExampleSTD DB Acc DeltaLake GCS

String

None.

Specify a unique label for the account.

 

Account Properties*

Use this field set to configure the information required to establish a JDBC connection with the account.

Download JDBC Driver Automatically

 

Default Value: Not Selected
Example: Selected

Checkbox

None.

Select this checkbox to allow the Snap account to download the certified JDBC Driver for DLP. The following fields are disabled when this checkbox is selected.

  • JDBC JAR(s) and/or ZIP(s) : JDBC Driver

  • JDBC driver class

To use a JDBC Driver of your choice, clear this checkbox, upload (to SLDB), and choose the required JAR files in the JDBC JAR(s) and/or ZIP(s): JDBC Driver field. 

Use of Custom JDBC JAR version

You can use a different JAR file version outside of the recommended listed JAR file versions.

Spark JDBC and Databricks JDBC

If you do not select this checkbox and use an older JDBC JAR file (older than version 2.6.25), ensure that you use: 

  • The old format JDBC URL ( jdbc:spark:// ) instead of the new one ( jdbc:databricks:// )

    • For JDBC driver prior to version 2.6.25, the JDBC URL starts with jdbc:spark://

    • For JDBC driver version 2.6.25 or later, the JDBC URL starts with jdbc:databricks://

  • The older JDBC Driver Class com.simba.spark.jdbc.Driver instead of the new com.databricks.client.jdbc.Driver.

 

JDBC Driver Class

 

Default Value: com.databricks.client.jdbc.Driver
Example: com.databricks.client.jdbc.Driver

String

None.

Specify the JDBC driver class to use.

JDBC JARs

Use this field set to define list of JDBC JAR files to be loaded.

JDBC Driver

String

None.

Specify or upload the JDBC driver to use.

JDBC URL*

Default Value: N/A
Example: jdbc:spark://adb-2409532680880038.18.azuredatabricks.net:443/default;transportMode=http;ssl=1;httpPath=sql/protocolv1/o/2409532680880038/0326-212833-drier754;AuthMech=3;

String

None.

Enter the JDBC driver connection string that you want to use in the syntax provided below, for connecting to your DLP instance. See Microsoft's JDBC and ODBC drivers and configuration parameters for more information.

jdbc:spark://dbc-ede87531-a2ce.cloud.databricks.com:443/default;transportMode=http;ssl=1;httpPath=
sql/protocolv1/o/6968995337014351/0521-394181-guess934;AuthMech=3;UID=token;PWD=<personal-access-token> 

 

Use Token Based Authentication

 

Default value: Selected
Example: Not selected

Checkbox

None.

Select this checkbox to use token-based authentication for connecting to the target database (DLP) instance. Activates the Token field.

 

Token*

 

Default value: N/A
Example: <Encrypted>

String

Appears when Use Token Based Authentication checkbox is selected.

Enter the token value for accessing the target database/folder path.

 

Database name*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: Default

String

None.

Enter the name of the database to use by default. This database is used if you do not specify one in the Databricks Select or Databricks Insert Snaps.

 

Source/Target Location*

 

Default Value: None
Example: Google Cloud Storage

Dropdown

None.

Select the target data warehouse. If you want to load the queries from ADLS Gen2 as source, then the selected datawarehouse would serve as a target and vice versa. Following are the options available:

  • None: Select while using the read-only Snaps and you need not write anything to the target data warehouse.

  • Amazon S3

  • Azure Blob Storage

  • Azure Data Lake Storage Gen 2

  • DBFS

  • Google Cloud Storage

  • JDBC

 This activates the following fields:

  • GCS Bucket

  • GCS Folder

  • GCS Authorization type

GCS Bucket

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: sl-test-bucket

String

Appears when Google Cloud Storage is selected for Source/Target Location.

Specify the GCS Bucket to use for staging data to be used for loading to the target table.

GCS Folder

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: test_data

String

Appears when Google Cloud Storage is selected for Source/Target Location.

Specify the relative path to a folder in the GCS Bucket. This is used as a root folder for staging data.

GCS Authorization type

 

Default Value: Service Account

String

Appears when Google Cloud Storage is selected for Source/Target Location.

Select the authentication type to load data. By default the authentication type is Service Account.

Service Account Email*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: bigdata@iam.gserviceaccount.com

String/Expression

Appears when Google Cloud Storage is selected for Source/Target Location.

Specify the service account email allowed to connect to the BigQuery database. This will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The Email must be valid in order to set up the data source

Service Account Key File Path*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 7f7c54a1c19b.json

String/Expression

Appears when Google Cloud Storage is selected for Source/Target Location.

Specify the path to Key file used to authenticate the service account email address with the BigQuery database.

Advanced Properties

Other parameters that you want to specify to configure the account.

URL properties

Use this field set to define the account parameter's name and its corresponding value. Click + to add the parameters and the corresponding values. Add each URL property-value pair in a separate row. It consists of the following fields:

  • URL property name

  • URL property value

URL property name

 

Default Value: N/A
ExamplequeryTimeout

N/A

None.

Specify the name of the parameter for the URL property.

 

URL property value

 

Default Value: N/A
Example: 30000

N/A

None.

Specify the value for the URL property parameter.

 

Batch size*

 

Default Value: N/A
Example50

Integer

None.

Specify the number of Snowflake queries that you want to execute at a time.

  • If the Batch Size is one, the query is executed as-is, that is the Snap skips the batch (non-batch execution).@Kalpana Mall

  • If the Batch Size is greater than one, the Snap performs the regular batch execution.

Fetch size*

 

Default Value: 100
Example: 10

Integer

None.

Specify the number of rows a query must fetch for each execution.

Min pool size*

 

Default Value: 3
Example: 15

Integer

None.

Specify the minimum number of idle connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time. 

 

Max pool size*

 

Default Value: 15
Example0

Integer

None.

Specify the maximum number of connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time.

 

Max life time*

 

Default Value: 60
Example50

Integer

None.

Specify the maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool, in seconds.

  • Ensure that the value you enter is a few seconds shorter than any database or infrastructure-imposed connection time limit.

  • 0 indicates an infinite lifetime, subject to the Idle Timeout value.

  • An in-use connection is never retired. Connections are removed only after they are closed.

Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: No limit

Idle Timeout*

 

Default Value5
Example4

Integer

None.

Specify the maximum amount of time in seconds that a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. 

0 indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool.

Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: No limit

Checkout timeout*

 

Default Value10000
Example9000

Integer

None.

Specify the maximum time in milliseconds you want the system to wait for a connection to become available when the pool is exhausted.

Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: No limit

 

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