527: Semantics Layer Genie & Data Agents
From Explicit Measures Podcast by PowerBI.Tips
May 12, 2026 · 1h 13m · Episode 527
About this episode
Mike & Tommy explore Databricks Genie and the challenges of data agents in relation to the semantic layer and Power BI.
Mike & Tommy dive into Databricks Genie and the growing hype around data agents, exploring whether the real challenge is natural language chat or the semantic layer underneath—and what Power BI teams must fix before any AI agent can deliver trusted, governed answers at scale. https://www.advancinganalytics.co.uk/blog/genie-is-a-semantic-layer-problem-not-a-chat-problem-1 https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blogs/OneLake-catalog-is-now-natively-available-in-Foundry-Generally/ba-p/5178376 https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Fabric-Updates-Blogs/Direct-Lake-on-SQL-with-Fabric-Data-Warehouse/ba-p/5177641 https://community.fabric.microsoft.com/t5/Power-BI-Updates-Blog/Modern-Visual-Tooltips-in-Power-BI-Generally-Available/ba-p/5173946 Get in touch: Send in your questions or topics you want us to discuss by tweeting to @PowerBITips with the hashtag #empMailbag or submit on the PowerBI.tips Podcast Page . Visit PowerBI.tips: https://powerbi.tips/ Watch the episodes live every Tuesday and Thursday morning at 730am CST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/powerbitips Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/230fp78XmHHRXTiYICRLVv Subscribe on Apple…
People in this episode
Hosts: Mike, Tommy
Topics covered
- Databricks Genie
- data agents
- natural language chat
- semantic layer
- Power BI
- AI agents
- governed answers
Keywords
- Databricks Genie
- data agents
- semantic layer
- Power BI
- AI
- natural language processing
- governance
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Databricks, Power BI, Microsoft
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