Metric view feature availability

Metric views were introduced in Databricks Runtime 16.4. The following table lists minimum Databricks Runtime version requirements for specific features added in later versions.

Databricks Runtime version	Features
18.0	BI compatibility mode REFRESH MATERIALIZED VIEW
17.3	Snowflake schema Agent metadata — comments, synonyms, formatting, display names (YAML spec 1.1) TEMPORARY metric views Materialization (Experimental) JDBC/ODBC support through Thrift server

YAML specification versions

The metric view YAML specification is versioned independently of Databricks Runtime. The following sections describe what each version adds.

Version 1.1

Adds support for agent metadata (display names, formatting, synonyms) and the optional comment field for metric views, dimensions, and measures. See Agent metadata in metric views.

Version 0.1

Initial release of the metric view YAML specification.