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- AI/BI dashboard active filter bar and visualization improvements
Shows all active filters on a dashboard, including global and page-level filters. Supports min and max aggregations for date fields.
- New Genie API endpoints and improved benchmarks
New endpoints manage conversations, replacing value sampling with prompt matching.
- Admins can now manage a workspace's serverless base environments (Public Preview)
Defines custom environment specs for serverless notebooks, allows setting a default for new notebooks.
- Dashboard external embedding Public Preview and new custom calculations functions
Adds ln, log, log10, and round functions, increases custom calculations limit to 200 per dataset.
- Default warehouse setting is now available in Beta
Applied across SQL editor, AI/BI dashboards, and other tools, with optional user override.
- Genie follow-up questions and fixes
Fixes cloning large spaces and CSV downloads on Windows.
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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.
- 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.
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- 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.
- 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.
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