Databricks Release Notes

Distilled top-k prompt snippet: Replaced the original top-k prompt snippet with a shorter version (25% of the original token count) to reduce irrelevant context and improve LLM response accuracy.

Clearer permissions warnings: Added a banner that explains when a user tries to access a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) containing tables they no longer have access to or that have been removed.

Clearer next steps for permissions issues: When users try to select a table they can't read, the error message now explicitly advises them to request access from the asset owner.

Improved collapsed visualizations: Collapsed visualizations now display the chart title in a full-width header bar with hover feedback and an expand icon. You can click or press Enter or Space to expand or collapse the visualization, improving keyboard accessibility and clarity.

Genie prompt matching can now be enabled from the previews page: Admins can now enable Prompt matching (previously data sampling), which allows Genie authors to add entity matching columns that improve Genie's ability to answer user prompts using correct columns and row values, from Previews. See Tune Genie Agent quality.

Example and follow-up questions: Genie now uses table metadata to automatically offer example and follow-up questions when users start exploring a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space). You can still add your own sample questions.

Improved response layout: Genie's response layout has been redesigned to simplify chat interactions.

View and remove missing tables: Users can now view and remove missing tables in a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space). The Data tab now shows visual indicators to mark tables that cannot be accessed. You can use the UI to remove those tables.

Improved data access transparency: The table picker in Genie now prevents choosing tables for which you do not have at least SELECT privileges. This helps to ensure that Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) only include tables that can return results. To learn about data Unity Catalog data privileges, see Unity Catalog privileges reference.

Source control for dashboards: Dashboards can now be integrated with Databricks Git folders for collaboration and version control(Public Preview). See Version control dashboards with Git.

Revert draft dashboards to the last published version: You can now discard changes to a draft dashboard and restore it to the most recently published state. This makes it easier to undo edits and return to a known, shared version. See Draft and collaborate on a dashboard.

Dashboard PDF export and embedded filter fixes:

• PDF export fix: Fixed an issue where PDF export did not apply selected filter values at the time of export.
• Embedded dashboard filter fix: Fixed an issue where filters were not rendering correctly in embedded dashboards.

Streamlined publish flow: All publish actions now embed the publishing user's warehouse permission. The only decision is whether to embed the data credential. Embedding credentials removes the previous requirement of all users requiring individual access to the selected warehouse if the dashboard was published without embedded credentials. See What are shared data permissions?.

Continue Genie conversations: When Genie is enabled for a dashboard, opening it now resumes the last conversation until a new one is started.

Stable color assignment: Color assignment is now stable as filter values change.

PNG download support for maps: Downloading PNGs for maps is now supported.

Sankey visualizations: Sankey visualizations are now available on AI/BI dashboards. See Sankey diagram.

Chart migration fix: Dual-axis charts are now converted as expected when migrating from legacy dashboards to AI/BI dashboards.

More space for titles: Narrow widgets and filter drop-downs now allocate more space for titles.

Customize dashboard visualization settings by locale: Use the editing panel on your draft dashboard to select a locale and customize settings across all filter and visualization widgets.

Improved URL stability: Importing a new version of a dashboard in draft and publishing no longer breaks filter values saved in existing URLs. See Filters in published dashboard URLs.

Improved Genie creation flow: When you create a new Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space), you need only to add tables to the space to start testing and iterating. See Create and manage a Genie Agent.

Conversations API update: Messages sent through the Conversations API now appear in the monitoring tab.

Query history update: When viewing the query history, scheduled dashboard update queries now display the dashboard publisher as the user instead of System Service Principal.

Simplified actions menu: The Ask Genie button no longer appears in a widget's Kebab menu icon. kebab menu when Genie is not enabled on a dashboard.

Increased custom sorting limits: You can now custom sort up to 500 items in a visualization.

Resolved issue with subscription emails: Dashboards created using jobs now correctly apply subscription settings set at the workspace level.

New Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) UI: Genie now has a redesigned UI for authoring and chats. The new layout has more space for conversations and a reorganized interface for adding and refining instructions. See Create and manage a Genie Agent.

Privileged users can help refine instructions: Users with at least CAN EDIT permissions can now view the source SQL used to generate answers, allowing them to help refine Genie instructions.

Restricted table selection in Genie: To return results, users must have at least SELECT privileges on the Unity Catalog objects in the space. Authors are now restricted from adding tables where they have insufficient permissions.

Improved SQL matching in Genie: Genie can now better utilize example SQL statements when user prompts closely match the example SQL.

New audit log emitted for dashboard downloads: Downloading dashboards as PDF now triggers the audit log event triggerDashboardSnapshot.

Dashboards are supported as a task type in workflows: Create a job task with the Dashboard task type to refresh dashboard results and optionally send subscription emails.

Calculated measures from dashboards better supported: Genie Agents (formerly Genie Spaces) created from dashboards are now better able to use any calculated measures defined on the dashboard.

Fixed null value styling: Pivot table cells with null values now display with the correct styling.

Sorting with filters now supported: Single-value and multi-value filters now support sorting.

Easier to understand audit events in Genie: The updateConversationMessageFeedback audit event now includes a feedback_rating field to quickly see whether a rating is positive or negative.

Genie Conversations API in Public Preview: The Genie Conversation API is now in Public Preview. Use the API to ask questions, retrieve generated SQL and query results, or get the details associated with a Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space). For more details, see Create and manage a Genie Agent.

Genie prompt matching is now available in Public Preview: Prompt matching (previously data sampling) improves Genie's ability to translate user prompts into the right column and row values. To test this feature, contact your Databricks account team.

Genie now self-reflects: As Genie generates SQL, it self-reflects to fix issues and return higher-quality answers. This improves Genie's ability to author filter conditions and fewer SQL errors.

Improved keyword contextualization in Genie: Genie has improved its ability to provide relevant context in its responses based on keywords in the user question.

Improved benchmark evaluation logic in Genie: Genie now supports column and row reordering and permits extraneous column selection in SQL results.

New visual indicators for column names: Duplicate column names are now greyed out to indicate lack of support.

Fixed an issue with color mappings: Color mappings in the visualization editor now align with the renderer.

Restricted character set: The name propertycustomer_ref_id in the serialized dashboard format is now restricted to alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and underscores. Before, there was no restriction in the character set.

Dual-axis charts now support zoom: You can now click and drag to zoom in on non-combo dual-axis charts.

Inclusive relative date ranges: The dates you select when choosing relative date periods in the date range picker, such as last week or last month, are now inclusive of the current date. See Date range picker.

Freeze table columns: You can now freeze table columns to the left side of the table display. Columns stay in view as you scroll right on the table. See Dashboard visualizations.

Fixed an issue with combo charts: Resolved misalignment between x-axis labels and bars when using a temporal field on the x-axis.