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# Tutorial: 3 Free Databricks Analytics Projects You Can Do In An Afternoon

**[databricks](https://daily.dev/sources/databricks)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Three hands-on analytics projects using Databricks Free Edition: building a small business dashboard with the Bakehouse sample dataset and AI-powered sentiment analysis, analyzing housing rental trends with forecasting capabilities, and mapping NYC film permit locations using geospatial data. Each project includes step-by-step instructions for importing data, creating visualizations, and applying AI functions like AI_Query() and AI_Forecast(). Projects use public datasets and require no credit card, designed to be completed in an afternoon for portfolio building.

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