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Databricks Genie receives agentic experience, parallel queries, and expanded table limit to 30
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Genie Agentic Experience

Databricks launched a public preview agentic experience for Genie dashboard insights, now available by default. This enhancement enables more autonomous data exploration and question-answering capabilities within Genie spaces.

Agent Mode Improvements

The "Research Agent" feature has been renamed to Agent mode (Beta) for clarity. Key improvements include:

  • Parallel query execution: Agent mode now runs multiple queries in parallel for faster results
  • Streaming thinking traces: Inline thinking traces now stream for improved readability
  • Faster responses: System prompt improvements deliver more concise responses for "what" type questions

Genie Space Enhancements

Several new features strengthen Genie's analytics capabilities:

  • Context tab for consumers: Users with CAN VIEW or CAN RUN permissions can now access a new Context tab showing space descriptions and common questions
  • Metric view display names: Genie now properly displays metric view names and formats in query result tables
  • Automatic JOIN relationships: API-based space creation now automatically establishes JOIN relationships from primary and foreign keys
  • Increased table limit: Maximum tables per Genie space increased from 25 to 30
  • Heatmap and Sankey visualizations: New chart types are now generatable within Genie
  • Inspect mode (Beta): New mode automatically improves SQL accuracy by validating and refining generated queries

Dashboard and Visualization Enhancements

Dashboard capabilities expanded significantly across multiple areas:

  • Pivot table improvements: New hierarchy expansion/collapse, cross-filtering, and cell styling (HTML, JSON, images)
  • Chart enhancements: Added faceting (small multiple charts), stacked bar label options, area/line chart sorting by measures
  • Table visualizations: Now support aggregations, measures, background color styling, and conditional formatting
  • Grid expansion: Canvas layouts increased from 6 to 12 columns for more flexible widget placement
  • Dashboard search: Global search now matches dashboard content, not just titles