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databricks Platform · Updated May 8, 2025

Genie entity matching and point map support

Increased entity matching support in Genie: Each entity matching (previously value dictionary) column in Genie now supports 1024 values per column, up from 255.

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What it does

Increased entity matching support in Genie: Each entity matching (previously value dictionary) column in Genie now supports 1024 values per column, up from 255. Click Refresh on your existing entity matching columns to increase cardinality support. Point maps support in Genie: Point maps are now supported in Genie.

Why it matters

Improve Genie Agent accuracy and reliability by adding example SQL queries, Unity Catalog functions, plain text instructions, and knowledge store snippets (table descriptions, JOIN relationships, and SQL expressions for business semantics).

Key capabilities
Company-specific business information
Company-specific business information:
Fiscal year starts in February
Fiscal year starts in February, for example fiscal year 26 or FY26 is February 1, 2026 through January 31, 2027
Formatting
Formatting:
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Always respond in Spanish
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

Increased entity matching support in Genie: Each entity matching (previously value dictionary) column in Genie now supports 1024 values per column, up from 255. Click Refresh on your existing entity matching columns to increase cardinality support.

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Key takeaway
Increased entity matching support in Genie: Each entity matching (previously value dictionary) column in Genie now supports 1024 values per column, up from 255.
2025-05-08-genie-entity-matching-and-point-map-support Generated by the Databricks Updates Agent · browse all updates