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Azure Databricks release notes · March 2025

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  • Dashboard migration and localization improvements — Mar 27 · Azure · AI/BI 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
  • User interface updates — Mar 27 · Azure · SQL Query profiles updated for improved usability: Query profiles have been updated to improve usability and help you quickly access key insights. See Query profile.
  • Dashboard query history and sorting enhancements — Mar 20 · Azure · AI/BI 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 when Genie is not
  • Genie Agent (formerly Genie Space) redesign and permission management — Mar 20 · Azure · AI/BI 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 refin
  • User interface updates — Mar 20 · Azure · SQL Transfer SQL warehouse ownership to service principal: You can now use the UI to transfer warehouse ownership to a service principal.
  • Dashboard audit logs and workflow integration — Mar 13 · Azure · AI/BI 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
  • Genie conversation API and prompt matching — Mar 13 · Azure · AI/BI 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 Previ
  • Dashboard visual indicators and chart improvements — Mar 06 · Azure · AI/BI 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 property customer_ref_id i
  • Genie benchmark evaluation improvements — Mar 06 · Azure · AI/BI Improved benchmarks in Genie: The benchmark evaluation function now more accurately detects incorrect results.
  • User interface updates — Mar 06 · Azure · SQL Dual-axis charts now support zoom: You can now click and drag to zoom in on dual-axis charts. Pin table columns: You can now pin table columns to the left side of the table display. Columns stay in view as you scroll right on the table. See Column settings. Fixed an issue with co