Databricks Dashboards (formerly Lakeview) is an AI-assisted business intelligence platform deeply integrated into the Databricks Lakehouse, enabling interactive data visualization and reporting with enterprise-grade governance through Unity Catalog. Unlike traditional BI tools that operate as separate systems, Databricks Dashboards leverages native compute resources, inherits data permissions directly from Unity Catalog, and supports both AI-powered authoring with Genie Code agents and programmatic deployment through Declarative Automation Bundles (DABs). The key mental model: dashboards are governed analytical objects that sit alongside tables and views in Unity Catalog, connecting data modeling (datasets, custom calculations, metric views) with visual storytelling—making them ideal for self-service analytics, embedded reporting, and CI/CD-managed dashboard workflows.