The marketplace

In this exercise, you will explore the marketplace feature in Databricks that allows you to discover and acquire third-party datasets.

When selecting which new books to publish and how, Sierra Publishing carries out different type of research activities that also include acquiring third-party datasets. The CFO has made it clear that this has not always been an easy process for the company. You decide to show the CFO how easy it will be to do it using Databricks Marketplace.

The Databricks Marketplace is one area where Databricks can connect with external data providers. Other companies can provide datasets, models, notebooks, and many other data assets for consumption in your Databricks environment.