Run a notebook from another notebook in a Repo Databricks

I have a notebook with functions in a repo folder that I am trying to run in another notebook.

Normally I can run it as such: %run /Users/name/project/file_name

So I cloned the two files (function_notebook, processed_notebook) into a Repo in Databricks.

When I try to copy the path where I just cloned it, onlt this option appears: Copy File Path relative to Root

However in the Workspace user folder the option is Copy File Path

Evidently I dont quite grasp the difference between the relative path and the workspace path.

How can I run the notebook that has been cloned in the repo ?

Hierarchy:

RepoName (has 2 folders):

1. Folder1 Notebook1

2. Folder2 Notebook2

I'm in Notebook1 wanting to run Notebook2

%run ../Folder2/Notebook2

Solution 1:

It's an UI problem that was already reported to development team. Until that time you need to create the path yourself. The difference is that it's starts with /Repos not with /Users. I have a small demo that shows how to use Repos to perform testing, etc. - if you interested in details.

But if the files are inside the same repository, then you don't need to use full paths, it's making them less portable - you can use relative paths, like, ./file_name to include notebook in the current folder, or ../file_name to include file in the level up folder, or ./folder/file_name to include file from the subfolder - but don’t specify file extension. In this case your code is portable, and could be used in different checkouts.

Example:

Notebook2:

Notebook1:

The name difference between workspace path & relative path is that former gives you full path inside the Workspace, while later gives you path relative to the root of the Repo