Databricks AI/BI
Product · SaaS / cloud software · Engineering & development by Databricks
Intelligent analytics for everyone, powered by a data-smart AI coworker.
An AI-powered business intelligence platform for enterprises that provides conversational analytics and automated dashboards. It eliminates per-seat licensing fees and uses Unity Catalog to ensure governed, accurate insights across the entire organization.
- Languages
- English
Category: Business Intelligence
- Deployment
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Integrations
- Unity Catalog, Databricks Apps, Databricks Lakehouse
- APIs and SDKs
- Genie API
- Limits
- No per-seat or per-license fees
- Languages
- Natural language (English)
- Platform Integration
- Databricks Data + AI Platform
- AI-assisted dashboard creation and conversational analytics
- No per-seat or per-license fees for organization-wide access
- Natively integrated with Unity Catalog for unified governance
- Continuous learning from signals across the Databricks estate
Overview
Databricks AI/BI is an AI-powered business intelligence product designed for enterprises to democratize data insights. It provides business teams with AI-assisted dashboards and natural-language analytics through Genie, a conversational AI partner. The product is natively integrated into the Databricks Data + AI Platform and leverages Unity Catalog for unified governance and consistent business semantics. It continuously learns from signals across the Databricks environment to improve the accuracy of its answers over time. AI/BI supports various use cases including automated reporting, predictive analytics, and embedded analytics via the Genie API.
Intelligent Analytics Tools
- AI/BI Dashboards: Users can create analytical datasets, interactive dashboards, and data visualizations using AI-assisted tools.
- Genie Agents: A conversational interface allows business users to engage with data through natural language for specific use cases.
- Genie One Hub: A centralized hub for business teams to explore dashboards, interact with Genie Agents, and use custom-built apps.
- Genie Code: Autonomous AI helps analyze, build, and optimize data queries with an understanding of the underlying data structures.
Governance and Semantics
- Unity Catalog Semantics: A unified semantic layer centralizes business definitions to power BI, AI, and data use cases consistently.
- Genie Ontology: An enterprise context layer combines governed and continuously learned business knowledge for trusted understanding.
- Unified Governance: Analytics run directly on governed data in Unity Catalog, keeping metrics, lineage, and permissions aligned.
- Continuous Learning: The system captures signals from across the Databricks estate to continuously learn and improve answer accuracy.
Enterprise Accessibility
- No Per-Seat Fees: The product eliminates per-seat or per-license fees to remove barriers to data access across the organization.
- Native Integration: AI/BI is natively integrated into the Databricks Data + AI Platform for seamless operation.
- Automated Reporting: Users can generate detailed reports containing insights into performance, trends, and key metrics.
- API and Embedding: The platform supports embedded analytics and provides a Genie API for integration into other tools.
Use cases
- Business analysts create AI-assisted dashboards to monitor performance trends and key metrics in real-time.
- Frontline teams use Genie Agents to ask natural-language questions about customer data and receive instant, governed answers.
- Data engineers use Genie Code to analyze and optimize complex SQL queries with autonomous AI assistance.
- Executives access the Genie One hub to view unified business insights and custom-built data applications.
- Developers integrate conversational analytics into external applications using the Genie API and embedded analytics features.
Specifications
- Deployment
- Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
- Integrations
- Unity Catalog, Databricks Apps, Databricks Lakehouse
- APIs and SDKs
- Genie API
- Limits
- No per-seat or per-license fees
- Languages
- Natural language (English)
- Platform Integration
- Databricks Data + AI Platform
- Governance Layer
- Unity Catalog
- Semantic Layer
- Unity Catalog Business Semantics
- Context Layer
- Genie Ontology
- Interface Type
- Natural Language and Visual Dashboards
- Cloud Availability
- AWS, Azure, Google Cloud
- Licensing Model Usage
- Usage-based (No per-seat fees)
How it works
- Connect Governed Data: Users connect AI/BI to their governed data residing in the Databricks Unity Catalog to ensure a single version of truth.
- Create AI-Assisted Insights: Business teams use natural language to create datasets, visualizations, and interactive dashboards with AI assistance.
- Deploy Conversational Agents: Users interact with Genie Agents to ask follow-up questions and perform conversational analytics on specific datasets.
- Scale Across the Enterprise: Insights and dashboards are shared across the organization through the Genie One hub without per-user licensing restrictions.
Pricing
- AI/BI Licensing
- No per-seat or per-license fees
FAQ
What is Databricks AI/BI?
Databricks AI/BI is a business intelligence product built to democratize analytics. It uses AI to understand unique data and business concepts by capturing signals across the Databricks estate.
How is AI/BI priced?
AI/BI eliminates per-seat or per-license fees. It is built natively into the Databricks Data + AI Platform to remove barriers to access and eliminate hidden BI costs.
What is Genie in AI/BI?
Genie is a data-aware AI partner that provides conversational analytics. It allows users to ask questions of their data in natural language and receive governed, trusted answers.
How does AI/BI handle data governance?
AI/BI runs analytics directly on governed data in Unity Catalog. This ensures that metrics, lineage, and permissions remain seamlessly aligned from end to end.
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