Databricks Data Engineer Associate Question 458
Select 3You are working as a data engineer in Databricks and need to set up an alert to notify your team whenever a task within a job fails. Which of the following steps should you take to achieve this?
- A
Navigate to the 'Jobs' tab in the Databricks workspace and configure a notification under the 'Alerts' section for the specific job.
- B
Enable task retry settings in the job configuration to automatically resend notifications on task failures.
- C
Set up a webhook or email notification in the 'Job Settings' under 'Notifications' to trigger alerts for failed tasks.
- D
Create a cluster-scoped init script to monitor all tasks and send notifications in case of failures.
- E
Leverage the Databricks REST API to programmatically configure failure notifications for the job.
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Correct answers: A, C, E
Explanation
To set up alerts for task failures in Databricks, you can configure notifications directly in the job settings using the 'Jobs' tab or programmatically using the Databricks REST API. These methods allow you to handle failure notifications effectively. Task retry settings and cluster-scoped init scripts, while useful for other purposes, do not directly address the need for failure notifications.
- A. Correct.
Correct: This is a valid approach. You can use the 'Jobs' tab in Databricks to configure notifications for task failures directly in the job settings.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Task retry settings handle automatic task retries but do not directly relate to notifications or alerts.
- C. Correct.
Correct: In Databricks job settings, you can configure notifications such as emails or webhooks to alert on task failures.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Cluster-scoped init scripts are primarily used for cluster initialization and not for monitoring or sending alerts on task failures.
- E. Correct.
Correct: The Databricks REST API provides programmatic control, including the ability to configure failure notifications for jobs.