databricks Platform · Updated Sep 3, 2026

Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

Embedded dashboard filter APIs: In embedded dashboards, you can now set and retrieve filter values through APIs.

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What it does

Embedded dashboard filter APIs: In embedded dashboards, you can now set and retrieve filter values through APIs. Ranked table calculations in /importBI: Importing reports from Power BI and Tableau with the /importBI Genie Code command now includes ranked table calculations. Color mappings: In a dashboard's theme settings, you can assign a specific color to a value by name.

Why it matters

Dashboard variable improvements: Enhancements to dashboard variables: + Multiple fields: Viewers can now add, remove, and swap multiple fields through a dashboard variable on a visualization, instead of switching one field at a time.

Key capabilities

Multiple fields: Viewers can now

Multiple fields: Viewers can now add, remove, and swap multiple fields through a dashboard variable on a visualization, instead…

Source dataset for options: Dashboard

Source dataset for options: Dashboard variable options now show their source dataset as a subtitle. See Create a dashboard…

Improved automatic widget layout: When

Improved automatic widget layout: When Genie Code adds widgets to a dashboard, it now places them in available layout space…

Smoother editing: Genie Code no

Smoother editing: Genie Code no longer appears to stall between edits, and multi-step edits apply with less delay between steps.

Architecture

Databricks Platform → Platform

In short

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Key takeaway

Embedded dashboard filter APIs: In embedded dashboards, you can now set and retrieve filter values through APIs.

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