Databricks Data Engineer Associate Question 463
Single answerA data engineering team is monitoring a production pipeline on Databricks and wants to ensure they are notified immediately if a job fails. They decide to set up an alert. Which configuration will enable the team to receive email notifications when the alert condition is met?
- A
Specify the email addresses of the recipients while creating the alert.
- B
Enable the 'Send to Mobile' option in the alert settings.
- C
Configure the alert to send webhooks to an external API.
- D
Set the condition to 'Job Failed' but do not specify any email addresses.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
Databricks allows users to configure alerts for monitoring jobs and other resources. To send email notifications, the email addresses of the intended recipients must be specified in the alert configuration. This ensures that the team receives real-time updates when the alert condition is triggered, such as a job failure.
- A. Correct.
Correct: To send email notifications, email addresses of the recipients must be specified while creating the alert.
- B. Incorrect.
Incorrect: There is no 'Send to Mobile' option in Databricks alert settings.
- C. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Webhooks can send notifications to external systems, but they do not directly send email alerts.
- D. Incorrect.
Incorrect: Without specifying email addresses, no email notifications will be sent even if the condition is met.