Getting Started

Here you will find the step-by-step guide to deploy the Workspace Estimator into your Databricks account

1

Downloading the Workspace Estimator

Go to the Snowflake Labs' open-source GitHub, look up for the Workspace Estimator repository

Workspace Estimator Repository

Click on the Workspace Estimator.html file, this file contains the Notebook.

Workspace Estimator HTML file

Then, click on download the file.

2

Verify permission

Log in to your Databricks workspace.

Verify that you have the required permissions by navigating to the upper right corner of the screen. And click in the drop down. Select Settings.

Go to the Advanced tab

On Access Control section:

Verify the option Workspace access for Azure Databricks personnel is set On, otherwise set it On.

Value set On

Verify the option enable the Always Allow is checked.

Setting the value On

3

Importing the Workspace Estimator

First, logging in to your Databricks workspace.

Go to the Workspace tab, click on the three dots and then click the Import option.

Drag and drop or browse the previously downloaded zip file.

Click on the Import button

4

Executing the notebook

Once the notebook is imported into your workspace

Open the notebook

Attach the notebook to an existing cluster or create a new cluster.

Select the range of days for pulling the workspace information.

Optionally, choose the name for the workspace file information.

Then, run all cells.

5

Collecting the results

After run all cells

Save the output result of the cell #8

Then, click on the DOWNLOAD ZIP button on the cell #9

The output is not sent automatically, once downloaded the output is in a local zip file.

When shared the zip file to your Account Executive the downloaded zip file will be use to generate the estimation.

Support

Feel free to reach out to [email protected] for more information.

Last updated