Get started with Databricks

If you’re new to Databricks, you’ve found the place to start. This section includes instructions for basic account setup, a tour of the Databricks workspace UI, and some basic tutorials related to exploratory data analysis and ETL on Databricks.

For information about online training resources, see Get free Databricks training.

• Sign up for a free trial

  Learn how to set up a Databricks free trial.

• Basic workspace setup

  Learn how to connect your new workspace to computing resources and your cloud data storage.

• Understand your workspace

  Learn how to navigate a Databricks workspace and access features using the Databricks unified navigation experience.

• Exploratory data analysis (EDA)

  Learn data science basics on Databricks. Using a notebook, query and visualize data stored in Unity Catalog by using SQL, Python, Scala, and R.

• Extract, transform, and load data (ETL)

  Learn how to use Databricks to quickly develop and deploy your first ETL pipeline for data orchestration.

• Machine learning

  Learn how to build a simple machine learning classification model on Databricks using the scikit-learn library.

Get help

• If you have any questions about setting up Databricks and need live help, please e-mail onboarding-help@databricks.com.

• If you have a Databricks support package, you can open and manage support cases with Databricks. See Learn how to use Databricks support.

• If your organization does not have a Databricks support subscription, or if you are not an authorized contact for your company’s support subscription, you can get answers to many questions in Databricks Office Hours or from the Databricks Community.

• If you need additional help, sign up for a live weekly demo to ask questions and practice alongside Databricks experts. Or, follow this blog series on best practices for managing and maintaining your environments.