Databricks: what’s new in April 2025? Updates & Features Explained! #databricks

Databricks, What’s New in Databricks? April 2025 Updates & Features Explained! In April 2025, Databricks added several key features. You can now refresh Power BI reports and pass SQL task results in workflows. Serverless jobs in standard mode offer better cost efficiency, and Google Sheets can query Databricks directly. Dashboards now support Git, and Genie can read and sample data. Unity Catalog functions support PyPI libraries, and new tools include anomaly detection, a PII scanner, and an AI builder. PyDABS, TEMP VIEWS in DLT, and support for apps running on behalf of users were also introduced. 📌 Key Highlights for This Month: - *00:04* PowerBI task - Refresh PowerBI from Databricks - *01:36* SQL task values - Pass SELECT result to workflow - *05:38* Cost-optimized jobs - Serverless standard mode - *06:35* Google Sheets - Query Databricks - *07:50* Git for dashboards - *08:40* Genie sampling - Genie can read data - *11:24* UC functions with PyPl libraries - *12:24* Anomaly detection - *15:04* PII scanner - Data classification - *16:15* Turn off Hive metastore - *17:18* AI builder - Extract data and more - *21:12* AI query with schema - *22:41* PyDABS - *23:35* ALTER statement - *24:03* TEMP VIEWS in DLT - *24:20* Apps on behalf of the user ============================= 📚 *Notebooks from the video:* 🔗 [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/hubert-dudek/medium/tree/main/news/202504) 🔔𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. https://www.youtube.com/@databricks_hubert_dudek/?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Support Me Here! ☕Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/hubertdudek ✨ Explore Databricks AI insights and workflows—read more: https://databrickster.medium.com/ ============================= 🎬Suggested videos for you: ▶️ [What’s new in January 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJiwSplZmfk) ▶️ [What’s new in February 2025](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuKI0sBNbmg) ▶️ [What’s new in March 2025](https://youtu.be/hJD7KoNq-uE) ============================= 📚 **New Articles for Further Reading:** - 📝 *More on Databricks into Google Sheets:* 🔗 [Read the full article](https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-into-google-sheets-e5eb4c441562) - 📝 *More on Anomaly Detection & Data Freshness:* 🔗 [Read the full article](https://databrickster.medium.com/anomaly-detection-data-freshness-0786aec28f28) - 📝 *More on Goodbye to Hive Metastore:* 🔗 [Read the full article](https://databrickster.medium.com/goodbye-to-hive-metastore-81c6bdf9d78c) - 📝 *More on Databricks Refresh PowerBI Semantic Model:* 🔗 [Read the full article](https://databrickster.medium.com/databricks-will-refresh-your-powerbi-semantic-model-both-dataset-metadata-and-data-4e8279e10b8e) - 📝 *More on ResponseFormat in AI Batch Inference:* 🔗 [Read the full article](https://databrickster.medium.com/responseformat-in-ai-batch-inference-23671c578c8f) ============================= 🔎 Related Phrases: #databricks #bigdata #dataengineering #machinelearning #sql #cloudcomputing #dataanalytics #ai #azure #googlecloud #aws #etl #python #data #database #datawarehouse