Databricks Account
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Overview
You can use this account type to connect Databricks Snaps with data sources that use a Databricks Account with the following endpoints as the source or target:
Amazon S3
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2
DBFS
Google Cloud Storage
JDBC
Behavior change
Starting from May 2025 main31019 Snap Pack version, if you are using the bundled Databricks driver (2.6.40), you might encounter a socket timeout error.
Workaround: Set the SocketTimeout value to 0 in the account URL properties field set of the Databricks Account.
Account Settings
Expression : JavaScript syntax to access SnapLogic Expressions to set field values dynamically (if enabled). If disabled, you can provide a static value. Learn more.
SnapGPT : Generates SnapLogic Expressions based on natural language using SnapGPT. Learn more.
Suggestion : Populates a list of values dynamically based on your Account configuration.
Upload : Uploads files. Learn more.
Learn more about the icons in the Snap Settings dialog.
Field Name | Field Type | Field Dependency | Description | |
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Label*
Default Value: N/A | String | None. | Specify a unique label for the account.
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Account Properties* | Use this fieldset to configure the information required to establish a JDBC connection with the account. | |||
| Download JDBC Driver Automatically
Default state: Deselected
| 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:
We recommend that you use the bundled JAR file version (
You can use a different JAR file version other than the list of 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 2.6.40), ensure that you use:
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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. Learn more in Microsoft's JDBC and ODBC drivers and configuration parameters. jdbc:spark://dbc-ede87531-a2ce.cloud.databricks.com:443/default;transportMode=http;ssl=1;httpPath= Avoid passing a Password inside the JDBC URL If you specify the password inside the JDBC URL, it is saved as it is and is not encrypted. Instead, we recommend using the provided Password field to ensure that your password is encrypted. | |
Authentication type
Default value: Token authentication | Dropdown list | None. | Choose the authentication type to use. Available options are:
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Token
Default value: N/A | String/Expression | Appears when you select Token-based as the Authentication type. | Specify the token for Databricks Lakehouse Platform authentication. | |
| Username
Default value: N/A | String | Appears when you select Password as the Authentication type. | Specify the username that is allowed to connect to the database. The username will be used as the default username when retrieving connections. The username must be valid to set up the data source. |
Password
Default value: N/A | String | Appears when you select Password as the authentication type. | Specify the password used to connect to the data source. The password will be used as the default password when retrieving connections. The password must be valid to set up the data source. | |
| Client ID
Default value: N/A | String | Appears when you select M2M as the Authentication type. | Specify the unique identifier that is assigned to the application when it is registered with the OAuth2 provider. |
Client secret
Default value: N/A | String | Appears when you select M2M as the Authentication type. | Specify the confidential key assigned to the application with the Client ID. | |
Database name*
Default value: N/A | 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 | Dropdown list | None. | Select the source or target data warehouse into which the queries must be loaded. The available options are:
Learn more about settings specific to each data warehouse: Source/Target location | |
Advanced Properties | ||||
URL properties | Use this fieldset 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. | |||
| URL property name
Default Value: N/A | String | None | Specify the name of the parameter for the URL property. |
URL property value
Default Value: N/A | String | None | Specify the value for the URL property parameter. | |
Batch size*
Default Value: N/A | Integer | None | Specify the number of queries that you want to execute at a time.
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Fetch size*
Default Value: 100 | Integer | None | Specify the number of rows a query must fetch for each execution. Larger values could cause the server to run out of memory. | |
Min pool size*
Default Value: 3 | 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 | Integer | None | Specify the maximum number of connections that you want the pool to maintain at a time.
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Max life time*
Default Value: 60 | Integer | None | Specify the maximum lifetime of a connection in the pool, in seconds:
Minimum value: 0 | |
Idle Timeout*
Default Value: 5 | Integer | None | Specify the maximum amount of time in seconds that a connection is allowed to sit idle in the pool. 0 (zero) indicates that idle connections are never removed from the pool. Minimum value: 0 | |