AI/BI release notes

This article lists new features and updates for the AI/BI product line. AI/BI is a business intelligence product that includes dashboards for visualization and reporting, plus Genie for conversational analytics.

Release process

Databricks releases updates to AI/BI products on an ongoing basis. All users get the same updates, rolled out over a short period of time.

Note

Releases are staged. Your Databricks account might not be updated with a new feature until a week or more after the initial release date.

January 2025

The following features and updates were released in January 2025.

January 23, 2025

AI/BI dashboards

  • Publish using a service principal: You can now use the REST API to publish dashboards with service principal credentials. See Use a service principal to publish and share dashboards.

  • Reorder datasets: Drag and drop dataset names to change their order in the Data tab.

  • Cross-filtering support for point maps: Cross-filtering is now available for point map charts. For a list of chart types that support cross-filtering, see Cross-filtering.

  • New scatter chart scaling options: A Log (Symmetric) scale function is now available for scatter charts.

  • Fixed range sliders: The Range slider filter now correctly limits items to those within the selected range.

  • Fixed tooltips: Tooltips now display accurate totals for charts with labels.

AI/BI Genie

  • Fixed table identifier quoting: Genie now properly quotes table name identifiers in queries by adding backticks around each part of the catalog, schema, and table name. For example, catalog.schema.table is now formatted as `catalog`.`schema`.`table` to prevent TABLE_OR_VIEW_NOT_FOUND errors.

  • Fixed ANY keyword error: Genie now replaces the ANY keyword with the IN keyword when querying list columns to avoid common SQL errors.

  • Improved query descriptions: Genie now uses an updated model to generate more precise and accurate query descriptions.

January 16, 2025

AI/BI dashboards

  • Download as PDF: You can now download a PDF copy of a published dashboard. See Download a published dashboard.

  • Visually identify datasets in use: A visual indicator now marks whether datasets in the data tab are used in visualizations on the canvas. Datasets that support canvas widgets have a blue icon and a bolded title. Unused datasets have a grey icon and a non-bolded title.

    Example datasets that show the described visual indicators.

  • Generate new charts with Databricks Assistant: Databricks Assistant now supports creating dual-axis charts from natural language requests.

  • COUNT(*) added as a measure: When choosing fields from the visualization editor, COUNT(*) is now in the measure section.

  • Fix: Hover lines now appear correctly on horizontal charts.

  • Fix: Downloading datasets as Excel files now preserves the correct numeric data types.

AI/BI Genie

  • See warehouse details: The Default Warehouse selector in the space settings has been updated to display status, size, and warehouse type. You can also type to filter and select warehouses.

January 9, 2025

AI/BI dashboards

  • Fix: Filters and context menus now appear in full-screen mode as expected.

  • Show page names: Dashboard page names can now display 50% more characters before being truncated.

AI/BI Genie

  • Improvement: Genie now correctly responds with the number of tables in a space.

  • Improvement: Reduced the frequency of PARSE_SYNTAX_ERROR issues triggered by improper use of backticks.

Release note history

To access older release notes, see AI/BI release note history.