Databricks SQL user guide
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You can use the Databricks SQL UI or a BI tool to develop SQL applications.
The Databricks SQL UI lets you:
Use SQL commands to perform ad-hoc and exploratory data analysis on your data lake
Quickly develop agile dashboards to test and validate business requirements
Track KPIs with automatic alerts or dashboard refresh on the latest data
BI tools provide:
A no code, drag and drop interface for data analytics
Enterprise-wide distributed reports and dashboards
Complex interconnected dashboards for advanced parameter filtering and customization
This guide provides information about how to use the Databricks SQL UI to run queries, create visualizations, dashboards, and alerts, and how to manage access to data, objects, and APIs.
To learn how to connect BI tools to Databricks SQL compute resources, see the Databricks integrations.