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AI Allow Assistant to search all sources (Beta) An admin can configure the default behavior of Sigma Assistant to use any data sources available to users or limit Assistant to only specific configured data sources. Users can always manually choose a source for Assistant to use from the sources that they have access to.
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Monitor and cap external provider costs
Unity Gateway can now track and cap spend on external model providers, such as Amazon Bedrock and Azure AI Foundry, not just Databricks-provided models. If your organization already has capacity commitments directly with a provider, Unity Gateway becomes the single point to track that usage and enforce spend limits across teams and use cases.
Unity Catalog Skills (Beta)
You can now publish, govern, and share agent skills with Unity Catalog. A skill is a first-class Unity Catalog securable ( catalog.schema.skill ) that follows the SKILL.md specification , so you register it once and control who can discover, use, and update it with the same permissions, tags, and audit that protect your tables.
Looker visual modeling canvas for BigQuery enters preview
A drag-and-drop canvas builds and edits LookML models on BigQuery sources: join tables, define dimensions and measures, preview results and publish Explores without writing LookML.
Conversational Analytics verified queries , also known as golden queries , are now generally available
Conversational Analytics verified queries , also known as golden queries , are now generally available. You can also now define verified queries in Looker (Google Cloud core) instances.
Now available in preview, model localization is supported for imported projects
Now available in preview, model localization is supported for imported projects. By default, Looker uses the locale definitions from the importing project only, if the importing project has locale definitions.
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API New API endpoints to manage audit logging for an organization The following endpoints are now available to manage audit logging for an organization in Sigma: Get the audit logging setting for an organization ( GET /v2/organizations/settings/auditLogging ) Enable or disable audit logging for an organization ( PATCH /v2/organizations/settings/auditLogging...
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API Access Sigma from the command line using the Sigma CLI (GA) You can access the Sigma REST API programmatically from your terminal using the Sigma command-line interface (CLI) tool.
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Admin Connect multiple Sigma organizations to one Slack workspace You can now connect multiple Sigma organizations to the same Slack workspace. See Manage Slack integration for more information.
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AI New model used for Gemini and BigQuery AI providers If you use Gemini as your AI provider through an API key or a BigQuery connection, Sigma now uses Gemini 3.6 Flash as the LLM. For more details, see Set up an AI provider .
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AI Migrate to Sigma with an AI assistant (Beta) You can use migration skills for Sigma to have an AI assistant rebuild your source content , the dashboards, reports, and data models in another business intelligence (BI) tool , as a Sigma document.
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AI Agent skill for the Sigma CLI The sigma-cli skill provides instructions and reference materials that an AI assistant can use to call the Sigma REST API from the command line with the Sigma CLI. For more information, see Install skills for AI assistants .
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AI Assistant in build mode: pivot table styling In workbooks, Sigma Assistant in build mode now creates pivot tables with automatic heatmap and matrix styling based on the type of measures.
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AI Sigma plugin for ChatGPT You can now install the Sigma MCP server for ChatGPT in one click using the Sigma plugin. For more information, see Use the Sigma MCP server . Support for Amazon Bedrock AI provider (GA) Amazon Bedrock is now a supported AI provider, letting you use Anthropic foundation models with Sigma AI-powered features.