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Tableau Next: Dynamic Grouping by Workspace

Keep open assets automatically organized into grouped tabs by parent workspace. Manage complex multi-asset workflows smoothly with tab reordering and overflow handling.

Dynamic Grouping by Workspace is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Team Orgs

Accelerate team collaboration by giving multiple analyst owners equal access within shared exploratory spaces. Eliminate silos so teams can co-author, iterate, and share self-service analytics seamlessly.

Team Orgs is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Assets Used Lineage

View where dashboards are embedded across Lightning pages directly from the detail panel. Jump straight into live record pages to review usage and optimize active assets.

Asset Used Lineage is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Verified Query Curation (Beta)

Ground agent responses directly by establishing fixed SQL overrides for complex business logic. Enforce precise query results across high-value scenarios without risking broader model regressions.

Verified Query Curation is available in Beta in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Single Question Regression Testing (Beta)

Automatically evaluate semantic model changes against golden query datasets to detect accuracy drops. Protect user trust by preventing logical regressions from reaching production environments.

Single Question Regression Testing is available in Beta in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Dynamic Goals

Eliminate manual goal maintenance across thousands of territories or products by connecting metrics directly to governed semantic models. Targets scale automatically and adjust dynamically based on user filters, time periods, and business context.

Dynamic Goals is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Metric Card Enhancements

Elevate key performance indicators with improved typography, bold visual hierarchy, and prominent period comparisons. Surface goals and critical insights clearly across dashboards and following feeds.

Metric Card Enhancements is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Batch Regression Testing

Run automated bulk test suites across verified question sets to validate model updates. Automatically feed SQL variances into auto-calibration for instant remediation.

Batch Regression Testing is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next in Microsoft Teams

Share live dashboards, vizzes, and metrics directly within Microsoft Teams chats. Ask Tableau Agent data questions and get trusted insights from Tableau Next, without leaving your flow of work.

Tableau Next is generally available in Microsoft Teams.

Tableau Next: Tableau Agent - Proactive Intelligence

Receive proactive data alerts in Salesforce, Slack, and mobile when pre-defined thresholds are crossed. And if you don't know what to look for, Tableau Agent monitors your data and surfaces autonomous insights in Slack, so you can act before the outcome is set.

Tableau Agent - Proactive Intelligence is coming soon to Tableau Next.

Tableau Data Apps: Tableau Cloud (Beta)

Tableau Data Apps let you build with code while using Tableau for querying, connectivity, governance, and app hosting. Turn any idea into a custom data app, then host it on Tableau Cloud or Tableau Server in a safe, admin-controlled environment. Once published, the app carries the same governance and permissions as any other Tableau asset, so it can be shared broadly without becoming a new security or compliance risk. 

Tableau Data Apps Beta is coming to Tableau Cloud in October 2026, with general availability for Tableau Server in November 2026.

Tableau Next: Tableau Agent - Semantic Modeling (Beta)

Build, explore and optimize semantic models in natural language with Tableau Agent. Create calculations, automate batch edits, understand and improve the model's health so it is AI-ready.

Tableau Agent - Semantic Modeling is available in Beta in Tableau Next

Improved Exports for Tableau Server

Improved Exports for Tableau Server ensures dashboard image exports, subscriptions, and data-driven alerts accurately reflect composable content, such as extensions and web pages, not just native visualizations. Built on the Web Content Snapshot Service architecture, this happens automatically behind the scenes, so export, subscription, and alert jobs render dashboards the way authors intended, with no extra setup required. 

Improved Exports for Tableau Server is coming to Tableau Server in November or early December.

Tableau Add-in for Microsoft Excel

Bring data from Tableau worksheets and published data sources directly into Microsoft Excel to aggregate, model, and analyze, then refresh with a single-click. Tableau Cloud customers even have the ability to send data back to Tableau as a published data source. By extending our Microsoft 365 integration to Excel, we're ensuring your trusted data is accessible wherever your team works.

Tableau Add-in for Microsoft Excel is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Server.

Virtual Connections Enhancements

Virtual Connections now support Snowflake Key Pair authentication, giving you a more secure way to connect to your Snowflake data. Plus VConns now includes 11 new APIs to download and publish extracts programmatically. Together, these enhancements ensure your VConns deployments are more operable at scale, with the flexibility and governance enterprises need. 

Virtual Connection Enhancements is generally available in Tableau Cloud and coming soon Tableau Server.

Tableau Data Source Edit API

he Tableau Data Source (TDS) Edit API lets you programmatically update descriptions for fields and tables in published data sources. Instead of manually changing definitions one data source at a time or editing XML directly, you can validate updates and run them through your existing development workflows. For example, you can sync approved descriptions from an external data dictionary to Tableau on a schedule, helping keep your governed data definitions accurate, observable, and ready for AI.
The TDS Edit API is available in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server for Enterprise and Tableau+ editions.

Tableau Agent in Dashboards

Get trusted conversational analytics with Tableau Agent in Dashboards. Ask complex questions about your data and get actionable insights, now with interactive visualizations like bar graphs, pie charts, and scatter plots. You can also generate a dashboard overview and pull insights for each visualization to easily identify significant changes in your data. Plus, you can now expand the chat window for more room to explore. No matter your familiarity with a dashboard, Tableau Agent makes it easy to quickly get insights so you can confidently take action.

For Cloud customers, Tableau Agent in Dashboards is in open beta in Tableau Cloud+/Tableau+ and will be generally available soon.

For Server customers, Tableau Agent in Dashboards is in open beta in Tableau Server+ and will be generally available later this year.

Tableau Agent in Dashboards: Workbook Business Preferences

Equip Tableau Agent in Dashboards with your organization's language using Workbook Business Preferences. Simply upload a markdown file containing business rules, KPI definitions, and other org-specific knowledge to a Tableau workbook. With this added context to reason with, Tableau Agent in dashboards becomes more familiar with your business, returning more accurate, relevant insights. 

Tableau Agent in Dashboards: Workbook Business Preferences is in open beta in Tableau Cloud+/Tableau+, open beta in Tableau Server+, and will soon be generally available in both.

Dark Mode for Vizzes

Dark Mode for Vizzes lets you view dashboards and visualizations in a dark theme for a more comfortable and accessible viewing experience. Turn it on from the Accessibility section of your account settings to personalize how visualizations render. This experience currently applies to viewing only. Authoring is not yet included. Dark Mode for Vizzes is available in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server.

Transparent Tooltips

Transparent Tooltips give you more control over how tooltips look in your visualizations. You can set a tooltip's background color to match your view or adjust its opacity to let the visualization show through while you inspect the underlying details. Configure tooltip color and transparency from the Shading pane or Tooltip Editor to create clearer, more polished visualizations. Transparent Tooltips are available in Tableau Desktop, Tableau Cloud, and Tableau Server.

Revision Notes for Workbooks & Data Sources

Track what changed and why for every published workbook and data source revision with Revision Notes. Authors and content owners can now view and edit Revision Notes directly from the revision history dialog box. With a built-in audit trail, you can satisfy governance and compliance requirements and reduce reliance on third-party version-tracking add-ons.

Revision Notes for Workbooks & Data Sources is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Server.

Tableau Knowledge

Power accurate AI agents with a complete understanding of how your business works. Tableau Knowledge unifies all the structured and unstructured data you've already built into knowledge graphs that link each data asset by relationship. From there, your team can inspect, curate, and enrich each graph, creating living data representations of your organization. With your business knowledge accessible, AI agents can skip the guesswork and quickly retrieve the trusted, governed knowledge they need to reason and deliver accurate insights.

Tableau Knowledge is generally available in the Tableau Cloud+ Edition and Tableau+ Bundle, with Tableau Server+ coming soon.

Tableau Pulse: Organize Metrics by Tags

Group Pulse metrics around shared topics or subject areas with the ability to organize metrics by tags. Analysts can now tag metric definitions with meaningful business terms that users can organize their metrics by. With tagging, users can group related metrics even when they come from different definitions or data sources, making it easier to quickly access the related metrics that matter in the moment.

Tableau Pulse: Organize Metrics by Tags is generally available in Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Agent in Pulse: Email Digest Entry Points

Go from your Pulse email digest to conversational analytics in a single click with Email Digest Entry Points. When metrics in your digest share a data source or definition, users see suggested questions that link directly to Tableau Agent in Pulse, with the relevant context already loaded. Instead of visiting the Pulse homepage first, users can start digging into changes and patterns right from the inbox where they already get their metrics delivered.

Tableau Agent in Pulse: Email Digest Entry Points is generally available in the Tableau Cloud+ Edition and Tableau+ Bundle.

Tableau Agent in Pulse: Ranking & Breakdown Questions

Ask Tableau Agent in Pulse questions like ""What are the top 10 accounts by sales?"" or ""How many deals are on track?"" and get a ranked list or breakdown of results. Tableau Agent in Pulse now has access to contributor lists beyond the top/bottom 5, plus goals and thresholds. With support for common ranking and breakdown questions, you can instantly pinpoint what’s driving business performance and take action faster.

Tableau Agent in Pulse: Ranking & Breakdown Questions is generally available in the Tableau Cloud+ Edition and Tableau+ Bundle.

Tableau Pulse: Digests & Alerts in Microsoft Teams

Get proactive updates where you work with Pulse digests and off-cycle alerts now deliverable to Microsoft Teams. In addition to email and Slack, users now have the option to enable Microsoft Teams in their Pulse preferences. Once enabled, users will get real-time Pulse insights sent to them in Teams and can seamlessly click through to the Tableau App for Microsoft Teams to view the metric details.

Tableau Pulse: Digests & Alerts in Microsoft Teams is generally available in Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Next: Deep Cloning

Safely duplicate assets alongside their connected lineage for isolated editing. Preserve data dependencies and review asset impact before committing changes to production.

Deep Cloning is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Workspaces Home

Centralize workspace discovery with a single starting page to search, preview, and access assets. Inspect workspace structures and asset counts quickly without navigating multiple screens.

Workspaces Home is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Cloud Admin Profiles

Delegate targeted site management permissions to Creator and Explorer roles without granting full admin rights. Tailor user and group administration capabilities using custom API profile configurations.

Tableau Cloud Admin Profiles is generally available in Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Bridge: Routing Rules

Admins can now separate Tableau Bridge workloads by content type, not only by domain. Routing Rules, the new name for the Private Network allowlist, let you map Bridge pools to projects as well as domains. For example, you can put critical content like executive dashboards in their own project and send that traffic to a dedicated pool, keeping it apart from everyday workloads. That gives your most important dashboards more reliable performance, makes each pool's cost trackable for chargeback, and lets you size Bridge machines to fit each workload.

Tableau Bridge: Single Use Refresh Tokens will be gradually rolling out to Tableau Cloud in October.

Tableau Next: Verified Questions in Data Kit (Beta)

Preserve curated verified questions automatically when cloning, extending, or deploying semantic models. Eliminate manual question re-creation to accelerate cross-environment deployments.

Verified Questions in Data Kit is available in Beta in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Moirai Forecasting

Apply a universal time-series model to forecast complex trends across various domains and variables. Generate accurate forecasts easily by dropping date fields and measures onto the analytics canvas.

Moirai Forecasting is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Show Me, Waterfall

Easily generate guided waterfall visualizations to analyze cascading data changes. Pinpoint drivers behind performance shifts to focus decision-making on key stages.

Show Me, Waterfall is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Adaptive Visualizations

Ensure charts automatically adjust canvas spacing, rotation, and whitespace across any device or window size. Guarantee optimal visual legibility whether viewed in Slack, Concierge, or small panels.

Adaptive Visualizations is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Custom Tooltips

Author visually compelling tooltips with rich text, embedded fields, and custom opacity. Enhance data storytelling on hover by connecting contextual actions directly to data marks.

Custom Tooltips are generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Pulse: Metric Unfurl in Slack

Share Pulse metrics in Slack and get the top insights at a glance with metric unfurl. Instead of a plain URL, Pulse metric links sent in Slack now expand into rich cards that show the metric, alerts, certification badge, and more. Clicking the card, opens the side panel where you can view filters, insights, and conversations where this metric was shared. From there, you can route to the exact Pulse page to set goals/thresholds and manage followers. With Tableau Pulse: Metric Unfurl in Slack, your teams can stay informed and act on insights right where they collaborate. 

Tableau Pulse: Metric Unfurl in Slack is generally available in Tableau Cloud.

At the moment, link unfurling may not work in DMs in multi-workspace or Enterprise Grid orgs, but is expected to work in channels and canvases. This is a known issue we are actively working on.
 

Tableau Next: Visualizations Totals and Subtotals

Display customizable totals and subtotals across row and column levels in charts. Provide part-to-whole context instantly so viewers digest high-level scale at a glance.

Visualizations Totals and Subtotals are generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Custom Fiscal Calendar

Streamline operational alignment by structuring date hierarchies around custom financial calendars, rather than standard Gregorian years. Ensure all time-series visualizations, metrics, and filter controls calculate performance directly against customized organizational business cycles.

Custom Fiscal Calendar is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Viz Titles

Format and style chart titles using rich text controls to highlight visual intent clearly. Toggle title visibility on dashboards to replace redundant text widgets.

Viz Titles is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Area Charts

Build stacked area charts using guided Show Me recipes to analyze volume trends over time. Emphasize cumulative changes alongside category contributions to convey proportional shifts.

Area Charts is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Viz Formatting

Customize fonts, lines, borders, and mark styles using a unified formatting panel. Ensure visual assets align with corporate brand guidelines while strengthening data storytelling.

Viz Formatting is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Enhanced Data Tables

Embed inline bar charts, custom shapes, and icons directly within table cells. Help users spot outliers instantly without reading row after row of raw numbers.

Enhanced Data Tables is generally available in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Treemaps and Bubble Charts

Represent non-axis data relationships clearly using treemaps, bubble charts, and custom color stepping. Encode magnitude through area size to highlight concentrations of value effortlessly.

Treemaps and Bubble Charts are generally available in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Dashboard Extensions

Maximize extension reusability by binding custom components directly to varying semantic models through an interactive property panel. Eliminate hardcoded development barriers to rapidly deploy pre-built extension tools across multiple datasets.

Dashboard Extensions is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Tableau Data Apps

Build conversationally from any 3rd party LLM and stay connected to live, governed data and trusted semantics in Tableau. Maintain control with built-in governance, query inspection, and data verification.

Tableau Data Apps is available in Beta in Tableau Next.

Tableau Public: Published Data Sources

Discover published data sources directly alongside visualizations and profiles in global site searches. Inspect dataset details, tags, and ownership stats to connect trusted data directly to new analyses.

Published Data Sources is generally available in Tableau Public.

Tableau Public: Achievements

See expanded community honors, including Student Iron Viz and Visionary distinctions, on author profiles. Highlight personal milestones across follower feeds and community tabs to recognize contributions.

Achievements are generally available on Tableau Public.

Tableau Next: Q&A Calibration

Test agent responses to queries, validate their accuracy, and get recommendations to improve them with Q&A Calibration. Classify results, apply guided suggestions to fix gaps, and batch automate data descriptions to strengthen your model over time.

Q&A Calibration is generally available in Tableau Next