databricks Platform · Updated Oct 1, 2026

Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

Materialize SQL datasets (Beta): Dashboard materialization now covers SQL datasets in addition to local metric views, so you can materialize a dashboard's SQL datasets.

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What it does

Materialize SQL datasets (Beta): Dashboard materialization now covers SQL datasets in addition to local metric views, so you can materialize a dashboard's SQL datasets. Select multiple tables when adding a data source: You can now select multiple tables at the same time in the Add data source picker when building a dashboard data model. Numeric window measures: Numeric window measures are now generally available in the low code metric view UI.

Why it matters

Scheduling dashboard updates ensures that your dashboards display up to date information and improves performance for end users.

Key capabilities

Genie Code can now use

Genie Code can now use images stored in your workspace as image widgets, not only uploaded files.

The dashboard canvas now stays

The dashboard canvas now stays visible while Genie Code builds datasets step by step, so you can watch widgets appear instead of…

Genie Code can now create

Genie Code can now create dashboard materializations when you ask it to (Beta).

Fixed a bug where two

Fixed a bug where two dataset edits made at the same time could interfere with each other.

Architecture

Databricks Platform → Platform

In short

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Key takeaway

Materialize SQL datasets (Beta): Dashboard materialization now covers SQL datasets in addition to local metric views, so you can materialize a dashboard's SQL datasets.

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