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- Service principal Genie usage is billed at standard pricing
It excludes service principals from the free monthly usage allowance.
- Shopify connector (Beta)
It ingests e-commerce data from Shopify into Databricks. Authentication uses Shopify OAuth client credentials grant.
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
The dataset results table and metric view preview grid now include features like column pinning and natural-language filtering.
- Genie Agents enhancements and bug fixes
PDF upload limit increased to 100 pages, and agents now only use attached sources.
- Skills in Genie One support multiple files and folders
Includes up to 3 folders deep and 50 files or folders per skill, limited to text files.
- Account-only user access to Genie One (Beta)
Eligible users are enrolled automatically, governed by Unity Catalog permissions.
- Run the change, do not just read it. Hands-on labs in your own Databricks workspace, graded when you submit. Browse labs
- JAR tasks on serverless compute will soon be available for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled Coming soon
Replaces cluster provisioning, available in Lakeflow Jobs.
- The counter_diff SQL window function is now available
Calculates differences between consecutive cumulative counter values, available in Databricks Runtime 19 and above.
- Window measures on a numeric index column in metric views
Supports unitless offset and ranges on consecutive integer columns, useful for non-calendar periods like fiscal weeks.
- Standard performance mode is now available for one-time runs in the Jobs API
Sets performance_target to STANDARD. Supports Apache Airflow's DatabricksSubmitRunOperator.
- Dashboard enhancements
Supports more Tableau calculations and relationship-scoped filters.
- Genie Agents enhancements
The agent monitoring table now has a column picker and citations can point to specific pages in volume files.
- Genie One enhancements
Pinning a chat keeps it at the top of the sidebar. The mobile app supports MCP write actions.
- Maintenance windows for continuous pipelines
Sets daily 1-hour window for platform updates. Configured via Jobs UI, Pipelines UI, or Jobs REST API.
- Managed tables in Lakeflow pipelines (Beta)
Creates tables that Lakeflow manages, replacing manual table creation, and supports migrating existing Structured Streaming workloads.
- Anaplan connector (Beta)
Ingests Anaplan audit trail events and user account records into Databricks.
- Anysphere Organization connector (Beta)
Ingests organization members and groups into Databricks via Anysphere Admin API. Requires API key authentication.
- Celigo connector (Beta)
Ingests Celigo audit log events into Databricks using an API token.
- Get this table by email. One Monday mail covering the week, filtered to the clouds and products you run. Weekly digest
- Databricks SQL version 2026.36 is rolling out in Current
It includes features from version 2026.32.
- See which chunks support each ai_search answer (Beta)
Added generate_citations option to show supporting chunks.
- time_bucket SQL function aligns timestamps to fixed-width time buckets
Replaces date_trunc for non-calendar units, requires origin and width parameters.
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
It converts SQL datasets to local metric views and understands SQL dataset parameters.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Each Genie Agent now supports up to 50 data sources and stores up to 200,000 conversations.
- Genie One enhancements
Genie Code skills are on by default and can be customized. Backend steering allows sending messages while Genie One is answering.
- Web search in Genie One (Beta)
Searches public web for current info, citing sources as links.
- Databricks SQL version 2026.36 is now available in Preview
It includes features from version 2026.32.
- Atlassian Audit Logs connector (Beta)
Ingests Atlassian organization audit log events using an API key.
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Embedded dashboards support filter APIs and rich text formatting for dynamic data references.
- Genie Code is now available as a Lakeflow Jobs task (Beta)
Runs prompts autonomously, reading upstream outputs and calling tools as needed, returning a conversation link.
- Genie One enhancements
The Ask Genie button is hidden in embedded dashboards when unsupported. Push notifications are sent to iOS devices for scheduled tasks.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Genie Agents now display SQL function descriptions and use upgraded large language models.
- Genie Agents enhancements
Genie Agents now support chat mode and cancellable API responses. They also offer a downloadable visualizations API.
- Anysphere Audit Logs connector (Beta)
Uses Anysphere Admin API to ingest audit-log events, requires Cursor Admin API key.
- Databricks SQL version 2026.32 is rolling out in Current
It is available in the Current channel and includes new features.
- Verkada connector (Beta)
Ingests Verkada organization audit logs and access users using a Verkada API key.
- Default Python package repositories are GA for Lakeflow pipelines and classic compute
Supports private or authenticated registries as workspace defaults. Applies to UI and API created classic compute.
- Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes
Authors can hide pages in published dashboards. Table column headers can be aligned independently of cells.
- Genie One enhancements
Genie now opens Unity Catalog tables directly and includes visualizations in scheduled task emails.
- Performance mode now applies to materialized view and streaming table refreshes from dbt tasks
Now applies to dbt tasks, with optional Standard mode for lower costs, increasing latency to 4-6 minutes.
- Workiva connector (Beta)
Ingests Workiva audit activity, users, and roles using OAuth2 client credentials.
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