Constructing on the momentum of Databricks Assistant, the context-aware AI assistant built-in inside Databricks Notebooks, SQL editor, and file editor, and now powering AI-generated documentation in Unity Catalog, we’re thrilled to announce the general public preview launch of Databricks Assistant for Assist.

Databricks Assistant for Assistance is the brand new strategy to study, discover, discover, troubleshoot, and get help utilizing AI. Customers will be capable of leverage AI to look throughout Databricks documentation to reply questions you might have about performance and errors. It may well additionally make it easier to get involved with our help group if extra help is required and you’ve got help entry. The Databricks Assistant for Assistance is accessible from any web page and might be discovered within the high navigation bar subsequent to the username.

Simply ask questions 

You possibly can ask the Assistant inquiries to study in regards to the product and get assist with Databricks-tuned information. The construction of those questions might be easy, descriptive, or conversational.

Listed below are some examples of the varieties of questions you may ask.

Easy questions:

“How can I view cluster metrics in realtime?”

Descriptive questions

“We scheduled a Databricks job to run a posh ETL course of, nevertheless it failed with an error message indicating a useful resource constraint. The job entails heavy knowledge transformations and joins, leading to excessive reminiscence consumption. We want to handle the difficulty and make sure the profitable execution of the job.

What could possibly be inflicting the useful resource constraint error and the way can we resolve it?”

You possibly can comply with up on this query with “Are there any Databricks configuration settings that may be adjusted to optimize reminiscence utilization for such jobs?”

Conversational questions

You possibly can ask conversational questions. For instance: “What’s Unity Catalog?”, after which “How do I allow it?”

You possibly can even get help

In case you can’t discover what you’re on the lookout for within the Databricks Assistant for Assist, strive asking it for help. Clients with help contracts might be linked to an in-product ticket submission expertise. Submitting tickets by way of this expertise is quicker and contains richer knowledge than the exterior ticket submission expertise. Customers with out help contracts might be linked to useful exterior sources. 

Setup

The Databricks Assistant for Assist might be enabled along with and makes use of the identical companies because the Databricks Assistant. Confer with the Databricks Assistant FAQ to learn to allow it in your workspace. Check out the Databricks Assistant right this moment and tell us what you suppose by way of the in-product suggestions hyperlink.

Lastly, don’t neglect to assist us make it easier to get higher solutions. You are able to do this by clicking the thumbs up / thumbs down for the solutions you obtain. 

This manner Databricks Assistant will get higher the extra you employ it.