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Hosted Tableau MCP

Tableau MCP now runs as a fully cloud-hosted service on Tableau Cloud, removing the need for customers to self-host and maintain their own MCP server. This means you can connect any MCP-compatible AI agent to your trusted Tableau analytics faster and with significantly less overhead. With built-in OAuth 2.1 support, governance and reliability, you get secure, enterprise-ready AI integration right out of the box. You can access this Tableau MCP enhancement across Standard, Enterprise and Tableau+ editions in Tableau Cloud.

Tableau semantics: Composability overrides

Adapt inherited business logic to meet specific requirements by modifying properties like display names and visibility in extended semantic models. This ensures OOTB content reflects unique organisational needs while preserving a single source of truth.

Composability overrides are generally available with Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Forecasting insights (beta)

Knowing what happened is only half the story. With forecasting insights, you can now toggle on a projected future value directly on your metric card or details page, based on historical trends. No goal or threshold required. Whether you’re anticipating sales attainment for the current period, forecasting case volume to plan resourcing, or tracking consumption before you hit a limit, forecasting insights helps you get ahead of outcomes instead of reacting to them. Analysts can also enable forecasting when embedding a metric on a dashboard.

Forecasting insights are available in beta with Tableau Next.

User attribute function for SAML and OIDC

Strengthen data security by using attributes passed directly from your identity provider for row-level security. This allows for dynamic, attribute-based access control that ensures users only see the data relevant to their role.

User attribute function for SAML and OIDC is generally available in Tableau Server.

Tableau Agent in dashboards: Conversational analytics (beta and pilot)

Business users no longer have to wait to get answers to their data questions. With Tableau Agent in dashboards, anyone can ask their data questions in plain language and get actionable information immediately. This self-service capability enables every user to get deeper insights from their dashboards by intuitively querying the underlying data source.

Tableau Agent in dashboards: Conversational analytics will be available in beta in Tableau Cloud and in pilot in Tableau Server.

Semantic search (pilot)

Find the right Tableau content faster, using natural language. With semantic search, you can search for relevant dashboards, data sources and workbooks using plain language and business concepts – exact keyword match not required. This intuitive search capability drives discovery of existing artifacts, eliminating duplication.

Semantic search is available in pilot in Tableau Cloud.

VizQL data service: Live dashboard query

Building powerful embedded analytics experiences just got easier. With the new VizQL data service live dashboard query capability, you can query the data sources behind a Tableau workbook, including embedded ones, directly from your embedding applications. A new embedding API method provides an identifier for the user's active dashboard session, which is then passed to VizQL Data Service to return data that matches exactly what the viewer sees in their dashboard. This makes it possible to build custom agentic experiences, AI-powered Q&A interfaces and other deeply integrated applications that tap into live, session-aware Tableau data.

VizQL data service live dashboard query is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server.

Enhancing accessibility in custom views

Ensure an equitable experience for users with vision impairments by providing screen reader support for critical configuration options. Descriptive text for setting default or shared views is now announced during keyboard focus, preventing accidental exposure of personal data.

Enhanced accessibility in custom views is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Server.

Manage workbook extensions

As workbook complexity grows, keeping track of which extensions are in use and where can become a real challenge. With Manage workbook extensions, you get a dedicated menu to inspect, delete and swap out any dashboard or viz extension used in your workbook, all in one place. Whether you're working with extensions from the Tableau Exchange, privately developed ones or licensed partner solutions, you can now replace them on the fly.

Manage workbook extensions is generally available in Tableau Desktop, Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server and Tableau Public.

Tableau Maps: Drive time area

Traditional maps assume straight-line distances, which can lead to inaccurate assumptions about coverage, accessibility and reach. With the drive time area feature in Tableau Maps, you can draw an isochrone polygon directly on your map that reflects how far you can realistically travel within a given time, based on actual road networks and traffic conditions. Simply select the Drive time tool from the map toolbar, click a point and drag outward to generate your coverage area. Whether you’re optimising store locations, planning delivery zones, managing emergency response or refining service coverage, drive time area helps you make decisions grounded in real-world conditions.

Maps: Drive time area is generally available for Tableau Desktop, Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server and Tableau Public.

SVG image download

When you share Tableau dashboards and visualisations outside of Tableau, image quality matters. With SVG image download, you can now export your dashboards and vizzes as scalable vector graphics, so your visuals stay sharp and clear at any size, without the blurriness that can come with PNG exports. SVG files are available through the REST API, via the vector image option in web viewing, or through the Dashboard download button. Whether you're embedding visuals in presentations, reports or other content, your Tableau analytics now look exactly as intended.

SVG image download is generally available for Tableau Desktop, Tableau Cloud, Server and Tableau Public.

Tableau Server admin profiles

Delegate specific user and group management capabilities to non-admin roles like IT departments or regional leads. This custom profile management reduces the need for full site administrators while maintaining granular control and security.

Tableau Server admin profiles are generally available in Tableau Server.

Composable Tableau views and Tableau Pulse metrics (LWC)

Customise how Tableau dashboards and Pulse metrics are embedded in Salesforce by wrapping the native component with your own UI logic and behaviours. With composable Tableau views and Tableau Pulse metrics - Lightning web component (LWC), developers can programmatically set filters, add custom toolbars and fine-tune performance while inheriting the seamless integration.

Composable Tableau views and Tableau Pulse metrics (LWC) are generally available in Tableau Cloud and Server.

Tableau Pulse: Mobile widget for metrics

Keep your most critical data and insights always visible, directly from your mobile home screen. With the mobile widget for Tableau Pulse metrics, you can customise which high-priority metrics appear front and centre, helping you stay informed and act quickly without having to open the Tableau app first.

Tableau Pulse: Mobile widget for metrics is generally available in Tableau Cloud.

Composable data sources

Rebuilding data sources from scratch for every new use case slows teams down and creates inconsistency across your org. With composable data sources, you can combine your existing Tableau published data sources into a single, unified model, extend it with the business logic and context your use case needs, and publish it for reuse across workbooks, Tableau Pulse metrics and APIs. When an upstream published data source changes, your composed data source picks it up automatically on refresh.

Composable data sources are rolling out across June and July for Tableau Cloud, Tableau Server and Tableau Desktop.

Tableau Next: Auto semantic model creation (beta)

Accelerate time to insight by using AI to automatically generate semantic models, relationships and calculated fields from plain language. This feature reduces technical barriers for new users and provides a strong head start for data professionals on complex modelling tasks.

Auto semantic model creation is available in beta with Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Q&A calibration (beta)

Empower data SMEs to systematically validate and optimise AI-generated answers to ensure they align with unique organisational preferences. This tool enables batch regression testing and question generation to maintain high accuracy and consistency as data models evolve.

Q&A calibration is available in beta with Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Pace to threshold insights (beta)

When you're monitoring a metric tied to a critical limit, knowing that you've already crossed a threshold is not enough. With pace to threshold insights, you can see whether your metric is on track to hit or exceed a set threshold within your selected time range, and when that's expected to happen. The insight surfaces automatically on your metric card and details page when a threshold is configured and forecasting is enabled. Whether you're tracking consumption limits, budget ceilings or service-level targets, pace to threshold insights helps you act before limits are breached, turning static thresholds into proactive signals.

Pace to threshold insights is available in beta with Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Alerts in Agentforce Health Monitoring

When you're managing deployed AI agents, knowing when something goes wrong in near real-time is critical. With non-agentic data alerts in Agentforce Health Monitoring, you can create proactive alerts directly from your health monitoring dashboard to track key signals like agent error rates. When conditions are met, you receive notifications within minutes, so you can take action before issues escalate.

Alerts in Agentforce Health Monitoring are generally available with Tableau Next.

Cloud capacity management

Provide flexible capacity governance for Tableau Cloud administrators, allowing them to view and transparently manage capacity limits like extract refresh concurrency and publishing API. Administrators can shift capacity limits between sites to ensure their production environments receive higher limits, promoting flexible product usage.

Cloud capacity management is generally available in Tableau Cloud

Tableau Next: Salesforce connector (beta)

Simplify your data ingestion by browsing and connecting to Salesforce standard and custom objects directly within Tableau. This native integration allows you to quickly set primary keys and categories for analysis without leaving the platform.

The Salesforce connector is available in beta in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Radial layout

Uncover patterns that linear charts miss by plotting data radially across six new chart types – including radial heat maps, bar, line and nightingale charts – with Radial Layout. Compact and visually engaging, these formats give analysts a more intuitive way to communicate trends and proportions.

Radial layout is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Enhanced data exploration

Export viz data instantly for further analysis or sharing with Download to CSV. Effortlessly toggle between high-level summaries and granular detail using expandable, collapsible rows with grouped tables with subtotals. Keep narrative and numbers in sync by embedding live, auto-updating metric values directly into descriptive text with metrics in text widgets in dashboards.

Download to CSV, grouped tables with subtotals, and metrics in text widgets in dashboards are generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Actions – filter, parameter and multi-select

Drive multiple data models from one global selector with filter actions, trigger parameter changes from visual interactions with parameter actions and act on multiple data points at once with multi-select – streamlining workflows and eliminating repetitive clicks. Scope parameter updates to only relevant visualisations with targeted parameters, keeping insights fast and focused.

Filter, parameter and multi-select actions are generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Pulse: point-in-time metrics

Ensure snapshot metrics, like inventory levels or headcount, reflect their values as of the last day of the period. Instead of writing a calculation in the advanced editor, analysts can now define a Pulse metric as a point in time, rather than as an aggregate over the period. With Tableau Pulse: point-in-time metrics, teams can reliably track performance with reporting that aligns with their business operations.

Tableau Pulse: point-in-time metrics are generally available in Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Next: Tableau semantics DX extension

Edit and deploy Tableau semantic models as code, right from the developer tools you already use. Create, edit and bulk-manage semantic models directly from VS Code, Cursor or Agentforce Vibes. Git integration and CI/CD support mean teams can version-control business logic, collaborate and deploy changes consistently across Tableau Semantics.

Tableau Semantics DX Extension is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Mobile: Swipe between sheets

Navigate multi-sheet workbooks seamlessly within the Tableau mobile app. In addition to using the drop-down menu to open a specific sheet, users can three-finger swipe left or right to move between adjacent sheets. With the ability to effortlessly move between sheets on mobile, teams can easily review the data needed to make confident decisions wherever business takes them.

Tableau Mobile: swiping between sheets is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Server.

Help Agent on Tableau Public

Accelerate your Tableau Public journey with an intelligent, interactive guide designed to help you find answers and master new features faster. Whether you’re a beginner navigating your first visualisation or an expert looking for community best practices, the Tableau Public Help Agent provides instant, personalised education.

Help Agent on Tableau Public is generally available in Tableau Public

Achievements and Badges on Tableau Public

Celebrate your milestones and highlight your expertise with official platform badges. Badges on Tableau Public reward your dedication to learning data skills, growing your career, and connecting with the community. It gives you a prestigious, trusted way to showcase your achievements to potential employers and the DataFam, including Viz of the Day selections and more.

Tableau Next: Guided Setup

A new guided setup accelerates the implementation experience. Administrators can install metadata, establish standard security policies, and enable key AI features — all through a streamlined, automated setup process. With the guided setup, your team gets a faster path to value so they can focus on what matters: turning data into decisions.

Guided setup is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau-owned Published Data Sources on Tableau Public

Discover and connect to data faster with a centralized library of reusable data sources spanning a variety of topics. Published Data Sources reduce manual data imports and gives everyone a faster, more consistent path to exploring data.

The first phase of Published Data Sources is generally available in Tableau Public.