Using Stata ado files on Databricks

[Emmanuel Dhyne]

Hi, we are moving our data on a Cloud data plateform and we plan to use Stata in a Python environment using PyStata. In such a framework, is it still possible to install and use ado files ?

Best regards,

Emmanuel Dhyne

[Jared Greathouse]

Presumably. I'm no expert on PyStata but so long as you have Stata on your machine, I can't think of a reason why you couldn't download stuff like new commands

[Daniel Schaefer]

I have not tested this myself, so it's hard for me to say for sure. That said, PyStata will call a local Stata instance behind the scenes. So for example, if you install a user contributed command from SSC, it is the Stata instance that downloads the ado file, looks for the command when you want to use it, and executes the command when called. PyStata is really just an interface between your Stata and Python environment. The places it is most likely to break down are in translation (usually of data) from one platform to another. I would expect you to be able to call most commands, including those that let you download other ado files.