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Building RAG Agents with Agent Bricks

This course provides hands-on training for building retrieval agents on Databricks. Participants will learn to create Genie Agents for unstructured data, perform information retrieval with Lakebase Search, parse and transform unstructured documents into structured data using AI Functions, chunk text for semantic retrieval, and build AI Search indexes with multiple search modes.


Note: Databricks Academy is transitioning to a notebook-based format for classroom sessions within the Databricks environment, discontinuing the use of slide decks for lectures. You can access the lecture notebooks in the Vocareum lab environment.

Skill Level
Associate
Duration
4h
Prerequisites

The content was developed for participants with these skills/knowledge/abilities:  

• Basic SQL knowledge for querying tables and using built-in functions

• Basic Python programming experience

• Familiarity with the Databricks workspace UI (e.g. navigating Unity Catalog)

• Understanding of Unity Catalog concepts including catalogs, schemas, and volumes

• Familiarity with fundamental LLM concepts (e.g. embeddings, retrieval-augmented generation)

• Understanding of structured vs unstructured data

Outline

1. Retrieval Agents and Lakebase Search

• Retrieval Agents and Lakebase Search on Databricks

• Demo: Creating a Genie Agent for Unstructured Data

• Lab: Information Retrieval with Lakebase Search


2. Document Parsing and Chunking Strategies

• Document Parsing and Chunking Strategies

• Demo: Transforming PDFs to Structured Data


3. AI Search on Databricks

• AI Search on Databricks

• Lab: Chunking PDFs and AI Search

Upcoming Public Classes

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Nov 10
01 PM - 05 PM (Australia/Sydney)
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$750.00
Dec 08
09 AM - 01 PM (Asia/Kolkata)
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Dec 08
01 PM - 05 PM (Europe/Paris)
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Dec 08
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Jan 12
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Jan 12
09 AM - 01 PM (Europe/Paris)
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Jan 12
01 PM - 05 PM (America/New_York)
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Databricks Performance Optimization - Mandarin Chinese

Databricks Performance Optimization 课程教导数据工程师和分析师如何在 Databricks Data Intelligence Platform 上诊断、衡量和修复性能瓶颈,以及如何将性能提升与成本关联起来。本课程遵循"先衡量、先平台"的工作流:让平台的自动优化功能承担繁重工作,通过 Query Profile 和系统表验证已应用的优化,再在必要时进行手动调优。

学员将以 Query Profile、Performance Insights 和查询历史记录系统表为基础,学习如何衡量性能。在此基础上,他们将探索关键优化技术,包括数据布局与自调优托管表、liquid clustering、缓存与中间结果、shuffle、数据倾斜、溢出、行爆炸、驱动程序性能、Python UDF、serverless compute、Photon 以及成本归因。

在整个课程中,学员将针对合成零售数据中刻意设计的慢查询进行探索,观察不同优化技术对性能的影响。他们将利用文件裁剪、任务执行时间、Photon 覆盖率和成本等依据来评估优化效果。两个基于场景的实验室将强化从诊断到验证的完整优化工作流。

注意:Databricks Academy 正在将 Databricks 环境中的课堂教学转为基于 notebook 的形式,不再使用幻灯片进行授课。您可以在 Vocareum 实验环境中访问课程 notebook。

Languages Available: English | 日本語 | Português BR | 한국어

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