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  1. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Tables support banded rows and default sorting. Median and percentile expressions are added to metric views.

  2. Refresh policies and EXPLAIN CREATE MATERIALIZED VIEW for materialized views are now generally available

    Requires Databricks Runtime 17.3 and above. Available in Databricks SQL.

  3. Workspace admin setting for serverless notebook execution timeout

    Replaces manual override process, defaults to 2.5 hours.

  4. Databricks SQL version 2026.15 is now available in Preview

    XPath no longer fetches external DTDs, fixing failures from malformed URLs.

  5. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Adds Tableau and Power BI import, open-source fonts, and parameter values in text widgets. Supports non-table Genie Code outputs.

  6. Fixed LOD expression syntax update for metric views

    Uses SQL window functions, replacing two-step pre-computation approach.

  7. Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
  8. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Error bars display as bands on line charts. Custom SQL measures no longer require full name paths.

  9. Databricks SQL alerts are now generally available

    Monitors data and KPIs by running scheduled queries, notifying recipients when conditions are met.

  10. Version 18.2

    Adds CREATE OR REPLACE TEMP TABLE syntax and upgrades Snowflake JDBC driver to 3.28.0.

  11. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Improved error messages can be copied, and dashboards support undo and redo on the data page. Y-axis now starts at 0.

  12. Faster package installs with %uv pip in serverless notebooks

    Requires environment version 5 or above. Replaces %pip for faster installs.

  13. Native data profiling for results tables in the SQL editor

    Select column headers and click Open selection details to view statistics.

  14. agg SQL function as a synonym for measure

    Replaces measure, used as agg(measure_column) in metric views.

  15. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Publishing dashboards now uses service principal credentials. Line numbers are added to the SQL query editor.

  16. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Public Preview)

    Provides 512 workers, available in all regions, controlled from Previews page.

  17. Workspace base environments are now generally available

    Lets workspace admins create pre-built environments for serverless notebooks, enabled by default in compliance security profile workspaces.

  18. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Tables support cross-filtering and drill-through, counters have custom prefixes and suffixes.

  19. Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is rolling out in Current

    Replaces version 2026.09, requires no configuration changes.

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  21. Version 18.1

    Supports DATETIMEOFFSET for Azure Synapse and adds schema evolution with INSERT statements.

  22. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Delays due to warehouse overload now display a message. Fixes widget query batch failures.

  23. Metric view enhancements

    Replaces SQL mode as default for editing measures and dimensions.

  24. Visualization enhancements

    Adds dashed and dotted line styles to the Pattern section.

  25. Dashboard enhancements

    Creates metric views without Unity Catalog, edits hex colors inline.

  26. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Clears filters individually, adds vertical text alignment, and supports ZIP code boundaries.

  27. New SQL editor default enablement and legacy SQL editor retirement Coming soon

    New SQL editor becomes default in May, legacy editor retires in July.

  28. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Legacy color palette setting removed, Genie Agent descriptions added.

  29. Databricks SQL version 2026.10 is now available in Preview

    Fixes observation metric errors, optimizes Unity Catalog writes, and uses session timezone for timestamp partitions.

  30. Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

    Fixes issues with date filters, theme colors, and audit logs, and adds drill-through filters for pivot tables and Genie explanations for chart changes.

  31. Search in metric views fix

    Now returns correct results across paginated results and supports filtering by display name.

  32. 5X-Large SQL warehouse size (Beta)

    Available in all supported regions, controlled from Previews page.

  33. Dashboard enhancements and improvements

    Embeds dashboards in external apps without Databricks accounts, hides logo option.

  34. Dashboard enhancements and improvements

    Legacy dashboards are no longer available. Pivot tables now support drill-through filters.

  35. Version 18.0

    Upgrades Redshift JDBC driver to 2.1.0.28, adds SQL window functions to metric views.

  36. Dashboard enhancements and improvements

    Shows Unity Catalog metric views in lineage and cancels refresh with last available data.

  37. Serverless environment version 5 is now available

    Includes CPU and GPU versions.

  38. Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is rolling out in Current

    Replaces version 2025.39, requires no setup changes.

  39. Dashboard visualization and interaction enhancements

    Expands pivot table hierarchies and adds chart faceting. Supports sorting and labeling on various charts.

  40. Dashboard enhancements and improvements

    Supports EXCLUDE syntax on multiple fields, HTML cell styles, and cross filtering in pivot tables.

  41. Databricks SQL version 2025.40 is now available in Preview

    Adds SQL scripting with procedural logic and expands parameter markers and IDENTIFIER clause support.

  42. Dashboard enhancements and new capabilities

    Parameterized dashboard tasks use job parameters to set filter values. Genie is on by default for published dashboards.

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