Data Modeling Strategies

In this course, you’ll learn how to empower your data consumers to get validated business insights with less burden on you and the rest of your enterprise's data and AI team. Through building a semantic layer on top of your gold layer, you'll offer decision makers and business analysts the opportunity to explore key business performance indicators in novel ways, while still maintaining efficient data operations and enterprise-vetted metrics.

This course explores how to achieve data interoperability between systems using Databricks Unity Catalog as a unified governance layer, using both Delta and Iceberg open table formats. Participants will learn to implement, manage and optimize a data environment where tables can be accessed by both Delta and Iceberg clients, enabling cross-platform analytics and eliminating data silos.

This course is designed for Data Engineers, Platform Administrators, and Analytics Engineers responsible for implementing and managing multi-format data architectures. You will gain the skills to use Unity Catalog for unified governance across Delta and Iceberg table formats and across federated external systems.

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.

This course introduces Databricks Apps, a new feature that empowers developers to build and deploy secure data and AI applications directly on the Databricks platform. It is primarily designed for data scientists, data engineers, and developers who need to create custom applications that make data insights accessible to non-technical users within their organizations.The course begins with an overview of the main components of Databricks Apps, followed by the deployment of a simple app using available templates. Next, you will learn how to build and deploy a data-driven application that integrates with other platform features. The course then covers how to set up an IDE for Databricks Apps, and how to edit and deploy an app using an IDE. It concludes with how to implement security and best practices for an enterprise app.

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.