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Databricks data source

The Databricks data source lets you connect your Databricks data lake to Grafana. You can write SQL queries directly in Grafana, visualize the results in dashboards, and monitor your data in real time.

Watch the following video to learn how to connect Databricks to your Grafana instance and start exploring and visualizing your data.

Supported Databricks environments

The Databricks data source supports the following Databricks deployment types:

• Databricks on AWS - Databricks running on Amazon Web Services infrastructure.
• Databricks on Azure - Databricks running on Microsoft Azure infrastructure (Azure Databricks).
• Databricks on Google Cloud - Databricks running on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure.

Requirements

The Databricks data source is a Grafana Enterprise plugin. Before you install and use it, make sure you meet the following requirements:

• Grafana version 11.6.11 or later.
• An active Grafana Enterprise or Grafana Cloud license that includes the Databricks plugin. The plugin must be part of your plan, and the license must not be expired. If the plugin isn’t included, contact your Grafana account team to add it. Refer to Grafana Enterprise for more information.
• The Organization administrator role. Only account administrators can install the plugin and configure the data source.

If your license doesn’t include the plugin or has expired, Save & test returns a generic Plugin health check failed error. Refer to License and setup errors for help.

Get started

The following documents will help you get started with the Databricks data source:

• Install the Databricks data source
• Configure the Databricks data source
• Databricks query editor to create and edit queries
• Template variables
• Troubleshooting

Additional features

After you have configured the Databricks data source, you can:

• Add Annotations to overlay Databricks events on your graphs.
• Configure and use Template variables for dynamic dashboards.
• Display query results in the Logs visualization.
• Add Transformations.
• Set up Alerting to monitor your Databricks data.

Plugin updates

Always ensure that your plugin version is up-to-date so you have access to all current features and improvements. Navigate to Plugins and data > Plugins to check for updates. Grafana recommends upgrading to the latest Grafana version, and this applies to plugins as well.