Use the simple form to manage compute

Preview

This feature is in Public Preview.

This article explains how to access and use the new simplified compute UI to create and edit all-purpose and job compute.

Requirements

To access the simple compute form, your workspace must be enabled for the dedicated group cluster Public Preview.

Enable the simple form UI

After your workspace has been enabled for the dedicated group cluster Public Preview, you can toggle on the simple form:

  1. In the workspace sidebar, click Compute.

  2. Click the Create compute button or select an existing compute resource.

  3. Toggle on the Simple form.

    Simple compute form toggle

This toggle is also available when you create a new job compute in the Jobs UI.

Overview of updated settings

The simple form UI includes updates to several compute settings to make the compute creation process easier for users.

Simple compute form

Policy selection

The Policy dropdown setting has improved to allow changing between policies without resetting the form.

Machine learning runtimes

To use the machine learning version of a Databricks Runtime, you can now just select the Machine learning checkbox.

Node type selection

The multi-node setting has been removed and is now the assumed default. To switch your compute to a single node, select the Single node checkbox in the Performance section.

Performance section of compute UI

Additionally, the Driver type setting has moved under the Advanced performance section and defaults to Auto (formerly called Same as worker).

Access mode updates

The compute’s access mode, which dictates who can use the resource, has been moved under the Advanced settings.

Access mode selection is now Auto by default, meaning the access mode will automatically be chosen for you based on your selected Databricks Runtime. Machine learning runtimes and Databricks Runtimes lower than 14.3 default to Dedicated, otherwise Standard is used.

To manually select the access mode, click Manual then select the access mode using the dropdown menu.

Access mode selection

Access mode naming updates

The access mode names have been updated in the following ways:

  • Shared access mode is now Standard.

  • Single user access mode is now Dedicated and can be assigned to single user or group.

  • Additional access modes such as No isolation shared are marked as Legacy (not recommended).