Cannot access Databricks sample data sets

Question

On our Databricks instances, trying to access the Databricks sample data sets using display(dbutils.fs.ls('/databricks-datasets/')) or equivalent as described here, the commands keep running without giving an output. Normally these data sets should be available even in new clusters. Data in the file store can be accessed normally. Here are some settings we use that might be relevant:

spark_conf = {
  "spark.databricks.cluster.profile"                = "serverless"
  "spark.databricks.passthrough.enabled"            = true
  "spark.databricks.delta.preview.enabled"          = true
  "spark.databricks.pyspark.enableProcessIsolation" = true
  "spark.databricks.repl.allowedLanguages"          = "python,sql"
}

Answer 1

Hello @Bos, ROY (Roy) ,

Thanks for the question and using MS Q&A platform.

When you say "commands keep running" - how long it keeps on running? Could you please try to create a new cluster and see if you are experiencing similar behaviour.

As per the repro from our end, it's working as excepted without any issue.

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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