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databricks Platform · Updated May 29, 2025

Metric views are in Public Preview

Unity Catalog metric views are now in Public Preview: Metric views provide a centralized way to define and manage consistent, reusable, and governed core business metrics.

What it does

Unity Catalog metric views are now in Public Preview: Metric views provide a centralized way to define and manage consistent, reusable, and governed core business metrics. They abstract complex business logic into a centralized definition, enabling organizations to define key performance indicators once and use them consistently across reporting tools like dashboards, Genie Spaces, and alerts. Use a SQL warehouse running on the Preview channel (2025.16) to work with metric views.

Why it matters

Unity Catalog metric views are now in Public Preview: Metric views provide a centralized way to define and manage consistent, reusable, and governed core business metrics.

Key capabilities
Create a metric view
Create a metric view
Define metric views using SQL
Define metric views using SQL DDL or the Catalog Explorer UI, with built-in YAML validation.
Query metric views
Query metric views
Query metric views from SQL
Query metric views from SQL editors, notebooks, dashboards, Genie Agents, and alerts.
Architecture
Databricks Platform → Platform
In short

Unity Catalog metric views are now in Public Preview: Metric views provide a centralized way to define and manage consistent, reusable, and governed core business metrics. They abstract complex business logic into a centralized definition, enabling…

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Key takeaway
Unity Catalog metric views are now in Public Preview: Metric views provide a centralized way to define and manage consistent, reusable, and governed core business metrics.
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