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Databricks Dashboards Enhance Rich Text, Pivot Table Controls, and Schedule History

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Databricks has rolled out several enhancements to its dashboard capabilities, empowering authors with greater control over visualizations and reporting. Key updates include support for rich text formatting in widget titles and descriptions, and the ability to hide column headers in pivot tables for a cleaner display. Additionally, dashboard authors can now view the run history for schedules, aiding in monitoring and troubleshooting. These updates aim to improve dashboard customization, data presentation, and operational visibility for users.

  • →Rich Text Formatting for Widget Titles and Descriptions
  • →Option to Hide Pivot Table Column Headers
  • →View Schedule Run History for Dashboards
  • →Fixed Missing Pivot Table Grand Totals and Controls
Features (3) ›
  • Rich Text Formatting for Widget Titles and Descriptions

    Visualization widgets now support rich text, allowing authors to apply styling, links, tables, or Markdown directly within titles and descriptions for enhanced presentation.

  • Option to Hide Pivot Table Column Headers

    Dashboard authors can now hide column headers within pivot tables, providing more flexibility in how data is presented to viewers.

  • View Schedule Run History for Dashboards

    Authors can now access the run history for a dashboard's schedule, including run ID, start/end times, and status for the five most recent executions, improving operational insight.

Fixes (1) ›
  • Fixed Missing Pivot Table Grand Totals and Controls

    A bug preventing grand totals and expand/collapse controls from appearing on pivot tables has been resolved, restoring full functionality to these visualizations.

Read the original announcement →

https://docs.databricks.com/aws/en/ai-bi/release-notes/2026#dashboard-enhancements-and-bug-fixes-2

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