Workspace is now generally available in Grafana Cloud
Workspace, the agent-native interface for Grafana Cloud, is now generally available in Grafana Cloud. Instead of hopping between tabs to pull a query here, a dashboard there, and an incident timeline somewhere else, you and the Assistant work side by side in a single, full-page view: building reports, correlating signals, and running everyday observability...
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You can discover commercial BigQuery sharing listings on Google Cloud Marketplace with the Marketplace filter
You can discover commercial BigQuery sharing listings on Google Cloud Marketplace with the Marketplace filter. For more information, see Subscribe to a Cloud Marketplace-integrated listing . This feature is generally available (GA).
BigQuery APPENDS and CHANGES change history functions are GA
The APPENDS and CHANGES functions return the rows appended to or changed in a table over a time range, useful for incremental processing and auditing.
Google-developed ODBC driver for BigQuery is generally available
Applications can connect to BigQuery using the Google-developed Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver, now generally available.
BigQuery dataset insights is generally available (GA)
BigQuery dataset insights is generally available (GA). BigQuery dataset insights helps you discover and visualize relationships between tables and automatically generate cross-table queries.
AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support for client-side encrypted stages and network-restricted accounts (Preview)
With this preview release, AI_EXTRACT and AI_PARSE_DOCUMENT support documents stored on stages that use client-side or server-side encryption, including in accounts that use PrivateLink or other network policies that restrict public network access to stages. For more information, see the following topics:
Custom incremental dynamic tables (General availability)
Custom incremental dynamic tables are now generally available. For more information, see Custom incrementalization .
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Try Grafana Assistant on Grafana Play; no set-up required
The fastest way yet to see what Grafana Assistant can do. Head to play.grafana.org and start a conversation right there in our public sandbox. No install, no account, no setup , just you and the Assistant on real Grafana data.
Grafana Assistant Usage Attribution
Understand who is using Grafana Assistant and how AI token usage contributes to your costs directly in the Cost Management and Billing App. We’re excited to introduce Grafana Assistant Usage Attribution, giving administrators visibility into Assistant token consumption across their organization.
OpenSearch: Added Index Browser to data source configuration and query
Selecting an OpenSearch index just got easier with the new Index Picker. Finding and setting the right index in the Grafana OpenSearch plugin no longer means typing index names from memory. The query editor now includes a Select index button that opens a searchable browser of the indices available on your data source.
Cloud MCP server: Connect your agents to Grafana Cloud with a single URL
Give your AI agents instant, zero-infrastructure access to your entire observability ecosystem, data, alerts, and incidents, using a single managed endpoint. Not to be mistaken with the OSS MCP server , which you install, host, and maintain yourself, the Cloud MCP server is fully managed by Grafana Labs, so you can supercharge agentic workflows without...
gcx: the CLI for you and your AI agents, now generally available
gcx is now generally available for Grafana Cloud and Grafana OSS/Enterprise v12 or later. It’s the CLI that gives you and your AI agent structured access to Grafana and Grafana Cloud from the terminal , dashboards, folders, alert rules, and data sources alongside Synthetic Monitoring, k6, Fleet Management, Incidents, Adaptive Telemetry, and more.
Grafana Assistant powered by OpenAI is now in private preview
We’re excited to announce the private preview of Grafana Assistant powered by OpenAI models. Anthropic models have been the backbone of Grafana Assistant so far. Now you can try the Assistant experience powered by OpenAI instead: when enabled, all requests are routed to OpenAI models rather than Anthropic ones.
Saved queries now has command palette and provisioning support
Saved queries is now generally available in Grafana Enterprise and Grafana Cloud, making it easier to discover, reuse, and share queries across your organization. This release also introduces two major enhancements: the ability to access saved queries directly from the command palette for faster discovery, and to provision saved queries with Terraform to...
Assistant Automations is generally available in Grafana Cloud
The recurring work you’d normally run yourself - a morning summary, a routine check, a standing report - Assistant can take care of that for you. With Assistant Automations, you save a Grafana Assistant prompt once and it happens on schedule, so you log in and it’s already done.