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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Metric views are in Public Preview
Requires a SQL warehouse on the 2025.16 Preview channel. Abstracts complex business logic into a centralized definition.
- User interface updates
New queries are created in Drafts folder by default, moving out when saved or renamed.
- Dashboard filter enhancements and visualization improvements
Multi-select filters now include exclude option, global filters apply across all pages.
- Genie usage guidance and query performance
Adds usage guidance and speeds up query result display.
- New alert version in Beta
Simplifies creating and managing alerts with a single interface, can be used alongside legacy alerts.
- User interface updates
Tooltips in charts now follow number formatting defined in Data labels tab.
- Dashboard query updates and calculation support
Genie queries dashboard datasets, not underlying tables. Supports custom calculations with isnull and isnotnull functions.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.16 is now available
Available in Preview channel, includes new features and bug fixes.
- Dashboard data selection and point maps
Adds multi-table selection and AI-assisted point maps. Requires published dashboards for scheduling.
- Genie entity matching and point map support
Increases entity matching column values from 255 to 1024. Requires refreshing existing columns.
- Dashboard data truncation improvements
Added Render more data button to view truncated chart results.
- Genie follow-up questions and instruction processing
Suggests follow-up questions for text responses without SQL or results. Refines instruction processing to prioritize relevant user prompts.
- Dashboard choropleth maps and AI forecast
Choropleth maps visualize geographical data with colored regions. AI forecast is available for line charts.
- Genie prompt improvements and prompt matching
Replaces original top-k prompt snippet with a 25% shorter version.
- Dashboard custom dimensions and pivot table improvements
Adds CASE WHEN and CONCAT functions to custom dimensions. Supports customizable pivot table widths.
- Genie example questions and table management
Automatically offers example questions using table metadata. Requires at least SELECT privileges for table access.
- Dashboard source control and export fixes
Integrates with Databricks Git folders. Fixes PDF export and embedded filters.
- Databricks SQL version 2025.15 is now available
Available in Preview channel, includes new features and bug fixes.
- End of support for legacy dashboards
Existing legacy dashboards still work, but can't be created or cloned.
- Genie feedback workflow and security enhancements
Adds interactive response feedback and customer-managed key support for Genie Agents created after April 10, 2025.
- Legacy dashboards support has ended
Creation and cloning are no longer supported, only critical security fixes remain.
- Boxplot visualizations issue fixed
Now displays categories and bars correctly for categorical x-axis.
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