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- Dashboard sorting and formatting improvements
Sorting now works on temporal categorical axes. Numeric values can be formatted as Bytes.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.25 is rolling out in Current
Rolls out from August 20th to August 28th, 2025.
- Genie SQL validation and space management
Validates SQL join relationships and fixes space cloning issue. Flags errors in join statements.
- Dashboard table visualization and chart improvements
Adds indicator for hidden calculated measures, fixes transparent headers and pivot table column widths.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.25 is now available in Preview
Adds recursive common table expressions and spatial SQL expressions.
- Fixed timeout handling for materialized views and streaming tables
New views and tables apply warehouse timeout, existing ones require CREATE OR REFRESH. Default timeout is 2 days.
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- Genie interface and file upload enhancements
File uploads are now accessible only to the uploader, with simplified setup for catalog and schema designation.
- New SQL editor is generally available
Provides a unified authoring environment with features like real-time collaboration and enhanced Databricks Assistant integration.
- Dashboard theme improvements
Selection color in Terra theme is now darker blue.
- Genie join relationships and data handling enhancements
Local joins can be defined within a Genie Agent's knowledge store. Entity matching now selects the most frequent 1024 values.
- Genie CSV downloads and caching enhancements
NULL values are now preserved in CSV downloads. Genie Agent context caching is improved.
- Preset date ranges for parameters in the SQL editor
Includes options like This week, Last 30 days, and Last year for timestamp and date parameters.
- Sankey visualization and table formatting improvements
Sankey charts now support node display names. Table formatting fixes duplicate $ signs.
- Jobs & Pipelines list now includes Databricks SQL pipelines
Includes materialized views and streaming tables created with Databricks SQL.
- Dashboard performance optimizations and feature enhancements
Removes dataset result table view from Metric views, adds undo/redo and filtering.
- Genie column selection and query improvements
Improves column selection accuracy and cancels queries over 15 minutes. Fixes cross-geo processing and entity matching issues.
- Inline execution history in SQL editor
Shows past results without re-executing queries, links to past query profiles.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in Current
Rolls out in stages to the Current channel, see 2025.20 features for details.
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- Genie user experience and evaluation improvements
Feedback labels persist across conversations, editable parameters support date and numeric fields.
- New workflow for creating metric views from dashboards
Replaces manual creation, using AI/BI dashboard data tab.
- SQL editor updates
Supports date-range and multi-select parameters, and rearranges the run button and catalog picker to the header.
- Git support for alerts
Tracks alert changes, requires placing alerts in a Databricks Git folder. Newly cloned alerts are paused.
- Dashboard visualization updates
Fixes area chart error and swaps latitude and longitude in Point Maps.
- Genie interface, query, and data improvements
Editable filters display multiple values, Genie suggests popular SQL queries from notebooks.
- Dashboard theme settings and page enhancements
Retains theme settings on import/export, increases max pages to 15.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.20 is now available in Preview
Includes new features and behavioral changes in Preview channel.
- Genie visualization and permissions improvements
Respects SQL sort order by default. Allows CAN MANAGE users to delete Genie Agents.
- Dashboard Git integration and workflow improvements
Diff reviews show queries and text across multiple lines, and Genie supports multistatement SQL queries.
- Genie API enhancements and SQL function improvements
Adds list, delete conversations, and delete Genie Agents endpoints. Improves SQL function application to relevant questions.
- File upload and theme customization features
Uploads files to Unity Catalog from dashboards. Customizes themes with font and color settings.
- Genie filter editing and audit log enhancements
Editable filters refine responses for string columns with entity matching. Audit log adds comment_type field for feedback comments.
- Dashboard visualization fixes and schedule updates
Fixes tooltip highlighting and table collapse issues. Parameterized schedules are temporarily disabled.
- Databricks SQL Serverless engine upgrades
Upgrades bring up to 25% lower latency and add Predictive Query Execution and Photon vectorized shuffle.
- Consumer access entitlement is generally available
Grants limited workspace UI access and SQL warehouse querying.
- Dashboard scheduling and filtering improvements
Fixes issues with scheduling and cross-filtering on large datasets.
- Genie entity matching and SQL editor improvements
Genie now supports up to 60 entity matching columns. SQL editor no longer disappears when deleting generated queries.
- User interface updates
Emits listHistoryQueries and getHistoryQuery events on Query History page and query profile opens.
- Dashboard catalog picker and filter fixes
Select catalog and schema from SQL editor, use table name only in queries. Fixes global filters on full-screen widgets.
- Genie knowledge store and metadata improvements
Adds popular query suggestions, table metadata improvements, and knowledge store features for building reliable Genie Agents.
- Metric views are in Public Preview
Requires a SQL warehouse on the 2025.16 Preview channel. Abstracts complex business logic into a centralized definition.
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