databricks Platform · Updated Oct 30, 2025

Dashboard visualization, pivot table, and authoring improvements

Dashboard subscriptions to Slack channels: Dashboard authors can now add Slack channels as subscribers to a scheduled dashboard refresh.

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What it does

Dashboard subscriptions to Slack channels: Dashboard authors can now add Slack channels as subscribers to a scheduled dashboard refresh. Top N scroll bar behavior: The scroll bar on top N visualizations now appears only on mouseover for a cleaner interface. Legend placement options: You can now place legends at the top and left of visualizations in addition to existing placement options.

Why it matters

Export to materialized view: Authors can now generate a materialized view from any dataset on their dashboard for improved performance and more efficient refresh and execution.

Key capabilities

Authors can add links to

Authors can add links to text in pivot tables by specifying a URL path in the Actions tab of pivot table values.

Pivot table header values are

Pivot table header values are now sticky and remain on screen while scrolling.

Users can conditionally set the

Users can conditionally set the text color in pivot tables. Duplicative audit log events: Dashboards with companion Genie Spaces…

Header height: Specifies the header

Header height: Specifies the header height in pixels. Header text wraps to fill the specified height. Overflow text is truncated.

Architecture

Databricks Platform → Platform

In short

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Key takeaway

Dashboard subscriptions to Slack channels: Dashboard authors can now add Slack channels as subscribers to a scheduled dashboard refresh.

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