Hello Observable Community!
Today we’re announcing big updates in the summer release of Observable Canvases.
Over the past few months we’ve been busy adding features, making changes based on feedback from early testers, and improving canvas UI, UX, and workflows to streamline data analysis from data access to final presentation. Here’s what’s new in canvases:
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An expanded suite of advanced charts like Sankey diagrams, bump charts, arc maps, and beeswarm charts. In canvases, our built-in interactive charts lower the cost of exploring different views of your data, so you can uncover more patterns and anomalies in a fraction of the time.
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You can now embed canvas nodes in existing internal applications. Deliver fast, interactive canvas content to your team, wherever they’re already in the habit of looking.
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Quickly share canvas content as a dashboard. Just draw a frame around any of the canvas, then right click to create a tidy dashboard with a separate URL you can immediately share with stakeholders.
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We’ve added support for Postgres and Databricks, in addition to Snowflake and file imports with DuckDB-Wasm.
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We’ve improved canvas access and version controls, including a new view-only mode and automatic version history.
Learn more in our announcement post: https://observablehq.com/blog/canvases-summer-release-2025