databricks Platform · Updated Feb 5, 2026

Dashboard enhancements and new capabilities

Parameterized dashboard tasks: Dashboard tasks in Jobs can now be parameterized, allowing job parameters to dynamically set dashboard filter values at runtime.

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What it does

Parameterized dashboard tasks: Dashboard tasks in Jobs can now be parameterized, allowing job parameters to dynamically set dashboard filter values at runtime. Workspace level dashboard themes: Dashboard themes can now be configured at the workspace level. Top aligned text widgets: Text widgets now default to top aligned text.

Why it matters

Refresh only schedules for individual data permissions: Authors and viewers of dashboards published with individual data permissions can now create refresh only schedules that trigger cache refreshes without sending notifications, improving dashboard load times.

Key capabilities

"Create a dashboard showing bakehouse

"Create a dashboard showing bakehouse trends from the @salestransactions table."

"Build a sales performance dashboard

"Build a sales performance dashboard using @salesdata with revenue by region and product category."

"Create a customer analytics dashboard

"Create a customer analytics dashboard from @customerdata showing retention, churn, and engagement metrics."

"Add a line chart showing

"Add a line chart showing sales trends over time from this dataset."

Recommended use cases

Use cases In Agent modeGenie Code has expanded capabilitiessuch as finding datacreating visualizations

Architecture

Databricks Platform → Platform

In short

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Key takeaway

Parameterized dashboard tasks: Dashboard tasks in Jobs can now be parameterized, allowing job parameters to dynamically set dashboard filter values at runtime.

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