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Fabric Notebooks - Add Configure cell toggle

In the same way that, in the Notebook UI, you can toggle a single cell in a notebook as a Parameter cell, consider adding a toggle that labels a cell as a configure cell.

 

To elaborate: Fabric notebooks have the capability to use %%configure magic to adjust settings on the session. Based on documentation, there are expectations that configure is in the first cell, and there are risks if you attempt a configure in the middle of a notebook session. Those new to Spark may be confused by this, and with the recent release of variable libraries, session configurations will be more important.

 

On top of that, when debugging a notebook with a configuration, starting a session with the UI bar does not take into account if configuration exists in the first cell, then causing a Livy failure unless you force your configuration because it started the session with default config.

 

There needs to be more visibility in the UI that highlights the implications of using the config magic.

Status: New