Omni CLI v1.2
Omni CLI v1.2 is out, with a few new capabilities and a round of fixes to output and help-text accuracy. See the CLI section below for a detailed look at what's in the release.
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BigQuery data agent monitoring with Google Cloud Observability in preview
Teams can monitor the performance, adoption, latency and costs of BigQuery data agents and their conversations using Google Cloud Observability.
Verkada connector (Beta)
The Verkada connector is now available in Lakeflow Connect in Beta . Workspace admins can control access to this feature from the Previews page. The connector ingests organization audit logs and access users from your Verkada organization into Databricks. Authentication uses a Verkada organization API key. See Verkada connector .
Private network gateway is in Private Preview
Private network gateway is in Private Preview . A private network gateway connects Databricks serverless compute to resources in your VPC, on-premises systems, and the internet through a single managed gateway, reusing your existing network connectivity configuration (NCC).
Connect to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams with your workspace URL (Public Preview)
When you sign in to the Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams, you can now enter your workspace URL instead of a server hostname to connect to your Databricks account. See Databricks Genie app in Microsoft Teams .
The INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE privileges are in Beta
The INSERT , UPDATE , and DELETE privileges are in Beta in Unity Catalog. These privileges are least-privilege alternatives to MODIFY that let you grant write access to a table's data without also granting the ability to change its schema or other metadata. The privileges require Databricks Runtime 18.1 or above.
Gemini Enterprise: D&B Commercial Graph data store (Preview)
The D&B Commercial Graph data store is available in Public Preview in Gemini Enterprise. You can connect D&B Commercial Graph to search and import company data using natural language. For more information, see Connect D&B Commercial Graph .
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Omni Agent memory support
Users can now save information as personal context to use with the Omni Agent. Organization Admins can enable and disable this feature in AI Hub > General > Features .
Improved Omni Agent workbook editing
Previously, the Omni Agent would auto-apply generated queries and charts to the active tab when used in workbooks. Now new queries and charts will be first shown in chat, so the active tab isn't overwritten.
Administration
- Added support for Canada, UAE, and Southeast Asia cloud regions for Azure-based deployments. Added Korean (ko-KR) localization support . Added a connection_id property to the QUERY_EXECUTE audit log event . Connection Admin permissions are now required to rename a shared model or shared model extension.
API
- Added a cache parameter to the Download dashboard endpoint. Added user impersonation support to the Search dashboards API . Added the Search Omni docs API to the REST API reference.
CLI
- --body now accepts @path/to/file.json to read a request body from a file, or - to read it from stdin, and validates it as JSON client-side before sending. --schema is now available on every command, printing that command's arguments, flags, request body, and response shape without making an API call. See output formats for examples.
Embedding
Added an organization-level setting that allows you to opt in to showing embed users their AI credit usage.
Integrations
Added a guide about embedding dbt health tiles into Omni dashboards.
Modeling
Added support for specifying cache policies on composite topics.