Tableau Next: MCP

Transform any agent into a data expert with Tableau Next MCP. This secure, open integration allows your AI to query Tableau’s analytics engine directly, delivering accurate answers grounded in your business context while keeping your data protected by the Agentforce Trust Layer.

Tableau Next MCP is generally available with Tableau Next.

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Tableau Next: Inspector in Slack (Beta)

Stay ahead of critical changes with proactive, natural language alerts delivered directly to your Slack direct messages. Once notified of a metric threshold breach, you can immediately ask follow-up questions to understand the broader business impact.

Inspector in Slack is available in Beta wtih Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Concierge Enhancements

Govern agent data access and gain full transparency by defining specific semantic models and viewing the exact filters used to generate each response. Then calibrate responses to fine-tune agent reasoning to ensure your answers increase in accuracy over time. 

Semantic Model Scope and Page Filters in Concierge are generally available with Tableau Next.
Q&A Calibration is available in Beta with Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Visualization Enhancements

Visualize complex transitions with Sankey charts, apply dynamic color cues to reveal meaning without calculated fields, and use flexible groupings to segment continuous data on your terms. Richer visuals, deeper insights, all in one platform.

Sankey Chart, Table Color Values, and Groups and Bins are generally available with Tableau Next.

Tableau App for Microsoft 365

Ensure your work is backed by the latest data and insights with the Tableau App for Microsoft 365. In addition to Microsoft Teams meetings, channels, and chats, you can now seamlessly embed your Tableau dashboards and Pulse metrics into PowerPoint slides and Word documents for trusted data storytelling. Once embedded, you can refresh the Tableau content with a single click, so your audience always sees the latest data. By deploying up-to-date insights within the tools you already use to align on a direction, Tableau enables you to take smarter action without breaking your flow of work. 

Tableau App for Microsoft 365 is generally available with Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server.

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April

Tableau Next: Semantic Model Selection

Select exactly which semantic models your agent can access.

Tableau Next: Semantic Model Selection

Choose exactly which semantic models your agent can access. Admins can set a specific "allowlist" per agent, ensuring it only answers questions using vetted, AI-ready data.

Tableau App for Microsoft 365

Ensure your work is built on the most recent data and insights with the Tableau App for Microsoft 365. In addition to the existing Microsoft Teams integration, users can now embed screenshots of Tableau dashboards and Pulse metrics directly into PowerPoint slides and Word documents to tell compelling stories with their trusted data. Once dashboards and Pulse metrics are embedded, users can refresh them with a single click, so their audience always sees the latest data.

Tableau App for Microsoft 365

Ensure your work is built on the most recent data and insights with the Tableau App for Microsoft 365. In addition to the existing Microsoft Teams integration, users can now embed screenshots of Tableau dashboards and Pulse metrics directly into PowerPoint slides and Word documents to tell compelling stories with their trusted data. Once dashboards and Pulse metrics are embedded, users can refresh them with a single click, so their audience always sees the latest data.

Tableau App for Microsoft 365 is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Server

Tableau Next: Geospatial: Point Maps (Beta)

Plot geographic data to uncover spatial patterns and regional trends across any map boundary

Tableau Next: Geospatial: Point Maps (Beta)

Map your geographic data to instantly uncover spatial patterns and regional trends across countries, states, or cities. Transform location-based metrics into a strategic map with this new visualization type, helping to identify trends of success or areas for attention based on location.

Geospatial: Point Maps is available in Beta

Tableau Pulse: Metrics in Dashboard Image Exports and Subscriptions

Get a unified view of your Pulse metrics and dashboards

Tableau Pulse: Metrics in Dashboard Image Exports and Subscriptions

Maintain full analytical context in a single view. Your dashboard image exports and email subscriptions, containing images, now include embedded Pulse Metrics. This unified update ensures that your high-level KPIs and detailed visualizations are delivered in tandem, providing a comprehensive snapshot of your data.

Pulse Metrics in Dashboard Image Exports and Subscriptions is generally available in Tableau Cloud

Tableau Pulse: Filtering for Metrics Embedded in Dashboards

Ensure embedded Tableau Pulse metrics stay perfectly aligned with your dashboard insights by simply toggling on the ‘Respond to filter selection’ feature within the Pulse object configuration menu. This allows your metrics to automatically update whenever you apply dashboard dimension filters that are present in the underlying Pulse object definition. By keeping all dashboard elements on the same plane, you avoid conflicting numbers and maintain a unified view of your data throughout your analysis.

Tableau Pulse: Filtering for Metrics Embedded in Dashboards is generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions.

Tableau Pulse: Filtering for Metrics Embedded in Dashboards

Ensure embedded Tableau Pulse metrics stay perfectly aligned with your dashboard insights by simply toggling on the ‘Respond to filter selection’ feature within the Pulse object configuration menu. This allows your metrics to automatically update whenever you apply dashboard dimension filters that are present in the underlying Pulse object definition. By keeping all dashboard elements on the same plane, you avoid conflicting numbers and maintain a unified view of your data throughout your analysis.

Tableau Pulse: Filtering for Metrics Embedded in Dashboards is generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions.

Tableau Next: Current Workspace

Create and manage new assets seamlessly within your active workspace context.

Tableau Next: Current Workspace

Ensure your work stays organized by creating new visualizations and data objects directly within the context of your active workspace. This intuitive behavior aligns with author expectations, making it seamless to clone or build new assets from existing references.

Current Workspace is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Workspace Guidance

Get started faster with guided workflows for adding assets to new workspaces.

Tableau Next: Workspace Guidance

Kickstart your analysis with a redesigned landing page that provides clear guidance on adding various asset types to new workspaces. The updated workflow leverages an improved asset picker to help you choose between creating new content or adding existing work.

Workspace Guidance is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Google Drive Connector (Beta)

Connect Tableau Next workspaces directly to data stored in Google Drive

Tableau Next: Google Drive Connector (Beta)

Make it easier to connect to shared data by uploading files directly from your Google Drive account, eliminating the need to manually download and re-upload files. Administrators can provision communal connections and toggle which top-level folders users are allowed to browse within the connection.

Google Drive Connector is available in Beta in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Page Filters in Concierge

Gain visibility and control over how active page filters shape answers

Tableau Next: Page Filters in Concierge

Get filter-aware responses that sync automatically with your active page settings. It’s the ultimate flexibility: toggle context on for laser-focused precision, or off for a global analysis of your data. With clear, real-time indicators, you always have full visibility into exactly which filters are shaping your results.

Page Filters in Concierge generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Sankey Chart

Visualize flows and relationships across your data

Tableau Next: Sankey Chart

Visualize complex data transitions to instantly uncover drop-offs and identify high-value paths across your business. This chart simplifies movement between categories or stages, allowing you to track customer journeys and lead flows with a single, intuitive visual.

Sankey Chart is generally available in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Table Color Values

Easily and quickly color values in your tables

Tableau Next: Table Color Values

Quickly identify critical patterns in flat tables by applying dynamic color cues to specific cells based on their underlying values. This update eliminates the need for complex calculated fields, allowing you to format cell text or background colors directly via the marks card.

Table Color Values is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Groups and Bins

Enhanced data modeling by supporting Groups and Bins in Viz Builder

Tableau Next: Groups and Bins

Gain deeper analytical insight by organizing data directly in Viz Builder, addressing a previous capability gap in the platform. Easily combine discrete dimension members into custom groups (like regions) or segment continuous numerical data into equal-sized ranges (like age brackets).

Groups and Bins is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Percent of Total

Add percent of total to vizzes

Tableau Next: Percent of Total

Deepen your part-of-a-whole analysis by applying ""Percent of Total"" calculations to any measure with just a few clicks. This pre-built aggregation allows you to easily visualize relative contributions in donut charts and other visual formats.

Percent of Total is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Parameter Actions

Enable dynamic interactivity by updating parameters directly from visual interactions

Tableau Next: Parameter Actions

Create seamless, click-driven experiences that allow dashboards to respond instantly to user intent by updating parameter values through direct visual interaction. Map selections on a visualization to drive advanced calculations and dynamic ""what-if"" scenarios.

Parameter Actions is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Input Support

Create interactive scenario models with flexible, manual data entry widgets.

Tableau Next: Input Support

Build more flexible scenario models using new type-aware input widgets that allow for manual data entry of custom values. The revamped interface uses intent-based terminology for filters and parameters to reduce cognitive load when designing interactive dashboards.

Input Support is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Inspector in Slack (Beta)

Receive proactive data alerts and perform instant follow-up analysis in Slack.

Tableau Next: Inspector in Slack (Beta)

Stay ahead of critical changes with proactive, natural language alerts delivered directly to your Slack direct messages. Once notified of a metric threshold breach, you can immediately ask follow-up questions to understand the broader business impact.

Inspector in Slack is available in Beta in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Dashboard Extensions

Unlock unlimited dashboard capabilities with custom-built functional widgets.

Tableau Next: Dashboard Extensions

Expand your dashboard's functionality by integrating custom-built Lightning Web Components that behave like native objects. These extensions support advanced workflows, such as operational write-back, allowing you to update external systems without leaving your analytics view.

Dashboard Extensions is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: MCP

Use natural language to query Tableau data and metadata within any MCP-compatible AI application.

Tableau Next: MCP

Transform your custom AI into data experts with Tableau Next MCP. This secure, open integration allows your AI to query Tableau’s analytics engine directly, delivering accurate answers grounded in your business context while keeping your data protected by the Agentforce Trust Layer.

Tableau Next MCP is generally available with Tableau Next

March

Tableau Next: Sales Insights App with Forecasting

Pre-built analytics for sales leaders now including pipeline forecasting

Tableau Next: Sales Insights App with Forecasting

Empower sales leaders to move from tracking team performance to identifying actionable improvements directly within their workflow. By automatically integrating Salesforce Forecasting data, leaders gain immediate visibility into metrics like Gap to Quota and Pipeline Coverage to ensure they stay on track.

Sales Insights App with Forecasting is generally available with Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Rule-Based Semantic Model Authoring

Build at scale with rule-based access for semantic models

Tableau Next: Rule-Based Semantic Model Authoring

Build at scale with rule-based access for semantic models that pairs enterprise-grade governance with unhindered developer speed.
Rule-Based Semantic Model Authoring is generally available in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Forecasting for All Mark Types

Predictive insights without redesigning your charts

Tableau Next: Forecasting for All Mark Types

Apply predictive insights to any visualization, including bars, donuts, and text, without the need to switch to line charts. This flexibility allows you to maintain your preferred dashboard design while accessing powerful revenue and KPI projections.

Forecasting for All Mark Types is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Visualization Date Time Support

Granularly group and filter data

Tableau Next: Visualization Date Time Support

Gain deeper visibility into operational and real-time data by grouping and filtering visualizations down to the minute level. Precise time-based analysis is now reflected across tooltips and axes, making it easier to identify peak performance windows and intraday patterns.

Visualization Date Time Support is generally available in Tableau Next.

Tableau Next: Data Interpreter

Automatically clean and structure messy Excel files for analysis

Tableau Next: Data Interpreter (Beta)

Save time by automatically cleaning messy Excel files, as Tableau Next will handle issues like pre-table junk, merged headers, and empty columns. Analysts can select the sheet to clean and run the Data Interpreter, which creates a new, clean version ready to be turned into a Data Lake Object (DLO).

Data Interpreter is available in Beta.

Tableau Next: Private Connect to Snowflake and Redshift

Establish private network routes

Tableau Next: Private Connect to Snowflake and Redshift

Strengthen your data security posture by establishing private network routes to Snowflake and Redshift on AWS. This ensures your enterprise data remains secure and compliant while maintaining high-performance connectivity.

Private Connect to Snowflake and Redshift is generally available in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Move Assets Across Workspaces

Re-organize content and dependencies across workspaces

Tableau Next: Move Assets Across Workspaces

Restructure your analytics environment by moving assets and their dependencies between workspaces to better manage growing teams and evolving permission requirements. Authors can easily re-organize content from the workspace list or card view while maintaining references for any remaining dependents.

Move Assets Across Workspaces is generally available with Tableau Next.

Tableau Pulse: Redesigned Metric Cards in Email

Quickly scan and act on performance insights with redesigned Pulse metric cards in emails

Tableau Pulse: Redesigned Metric Cards in Email

Quickly comprehend your Pulse metrics from your inbox. The redesigned metric cards are condensed and visually crisp, with built-in alerts signals. Now you can quickly spot what changed and what needs attention immediately.

Redesigned Metric Cards in Email is generally available in Tableau Cloud

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Insight Briefs with Visuals

Get supporting visualizations alongside insight briefs in Pulse Enhanced Q&A

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Insight Briefs with Visuals

Comprehend insight briefs from Enhanced Q&A faster with supporting visualizations rendered in-line. Using information-design best practices and deterministic selection logic, Pulse now surfaces the most impactful visualization under its referenced insight. By seeing the data as it is described, you can better understand the impact of your metrics without breaking focus.

Enhanced Q&A Insight Briefs with Visuals is generally available in Tableau+ edition of Tableau Cloud

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Custom Homepage Queries (mobile)

Ask your precise question direclty from the Pulse homepage and get to insight faster

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Custom Homepage Queries (mobile)

Go from curiosity to insight faster on the go. The new 'Analyze with AI' entry point is now available on mobile, so users can ask their own questions first—no need to start with the preset question.

Mobile Support for Inline AI Queries is generally available in Tableau Cloud

IP Filtering Self-Service

Secure your site by restricting access to approved IP addresses and ranges

Updating the IP address on the Tableau Cloud site

IP Filtering Self-Service

Enhance site security by defining approved IP addresses or ranges to ensure only authorized locations can access your data. Administrators can now directly manage these restrictions within site settings to protect inbound traffic and maintain strict governance.

IP Filtering Self-Service is generally generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions, with the exception of South Korea, Switzerland and India, which are scheduled to be added by the end of March

Starburst Connector JWT Auth Update

Boost connectivity performance and security with Starburst Galaxy JWT authentication and direct IP support

Starburst Connector JWT Auth Update

Unlock Starburst Galaxy connectivity with JWT auth for Galaxy servers. The modern auth method accelerates connection initialization by eliminating validation queries, supports flexible server addressing through IP input, and enables workload attribution through client tags. With JWT auth, users can analyze data across multiple sources faster and more securely.

Starburst Connector Update is generally available in Tableau Desktop, Prep Builder, and Server

2026.1

Tableau Next: Personal Orgs (Beta)

Empower analysts to build and test within a secure, governed environment

Tableau Next: Personal Orgs (Beta)

Scale innovation while maintaining governance by providing analysts with a secure and flexible environment to build new analytics. Empower teams to self-service by extending governed assets with new data, before approved assets move to production.

Personal Orgs is available in Beta

Tableau Next: Dashboard Summaries (Beta)

Get dashboard summaries about key metric drivers

Tableau Next: Dashboard Summaries (Beta)

Quickly understand what is happening and why with dashboard summaries. By configuring a dynamic text component, you can show a text-based summary across metrics.

Dashboard Summaries is available in Beta.

Tableau Next: Admin Insights (Beta)

Optimize analytics content adoption, user engagement, and consumption with pre-built insights for admins

Tableau Next: Admin Insights (Beta)

Move from reactive to proactive analytics adoption with a unified dashboard that consolidates content usage, user engagement, and consumption insights. Quickly identify underutilized assets or inefficiencies to optimize performance with cost-saving recommendations for enhanced administration.

Admin Insights is available in Beta

Tableau Next: Data Monitoring

Centrally manage data assets

Tableau Next: Data Monitoring

Get a data command center with data orchestration all in one place. Use this centralized hub to seamlessly manage all data assets, centralizing oversight and strengthening data trust through streamlined data preparation.

Data Monitoring is generally available in Tableau Next

Tableau Next: Data Pro: Auto-Generate Semantic Models from Workspaces (Beta)

Create semantic data models in natural language from Tableau Next Workspaces.

Tableau Next: Data Pro: Auto-Generate Semantic Models from Workspaces (Beta)

Create semantic models with natural language directly from Tableau Next Workspaces. Automatically map objects and relationships to go from raw data to a structured semantic layer in seconds.

Data Pro: Auto-Generate Semantic Models from Workspaces is available in Beta

Rounded Corners

Add a corner radius to dashboard objects.

Rounded Corners

Set a corner radius for dashboard objects directly in Tableau Desktop and Web Authoring. Say goodbye to jumping through hoops with annotations or images. Just set the radius value to create a simple rounded corner or a more extreme corner radius to create different shapes.

Rounded Corners is generally available in Tableau Desktop, Tableau Cloud, and Tableau Public

Accessible Visualization Authoring

Building visualizations without a mouse

Accessible Visualization Authoring

Increasing accessibility to empower everyone to become creators of data visualizations. Within Web Authoring, navigate to a pill and, using your keyboard and assistive technology, select the context menu option to drop that pill into a drop zone, including the Columns and Rows shelves, Show Me, Pages, Filters, or Marks cards.

Accessible Visualization Authoring is generally available in Tableau Cloud and Tableau Public

AI-assisted Color Palettes

Create custom color palettes faster

AI-assisted Color Palettes

Speed up the creation of custom color palettes while also ensuring contrast and accessibility recommendations. Generate new color swatches with just a couple of words or a short description by simply using the Auto Generate button in the Custom Color Palette dialog.

AI-assisted Color Palettes is generally available in Tableau Desktop while you are signed into a Tableau Agent-enabled site

Image Export Improvements

Guarantee accurate image exports and subscriptions

Image Export Improvements

We've made it easier to export images for Tableau Trusted Extensions and Pulse on Dashboards. Now, when you export or set up subscriptions, a new export service helps you load views that use extensions and get images that look just like what you see in Tableau. This means analysts and admins don't have to worry about extensions when exporting images or setting up automated jobs. The improvements work when you download images, use subscriptions, share on Slack, or automate image exports. 

Note: Image Export Improvements will be generally available in Tableau Cloud in March 2026.

Authentication tab includes new OIDC authentication method.

SCIM Agnostic of Authentication Protocol

Extending SCIM on Tableau Cloud beyond SAML

Authentication tab includes new OIDC authentication method.

SCIM Agnostic of Authentication Protocol

Increase flexibility and simplify integration by extending SCIM support on Tableau Cloud beyond SAML to include the modern OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocol. Cloud Administrators can seamlessly select OIDC as an authentication method in the SCIM configuration.

SCIM Agnostic of Authentication Protocol is generally available in Tableau Cloud

View Data Model Enhancements

Highlight tables on hover over pills.

View Data Model Enhancements

Be aware of how Tableau data models are used within a viz or worksheet, and which tables supply data to which pills in the viz. If a complex calculation is used within a pill, hovering over the pill highlights the participating tables in the View Data Model - confirming the logic's correctness. Diagnose and evaluate your analysis right in your flow of work, and avoid the swivel-chair process between worksheet and data source tabs.

View Data Model Enhancements is generally available in Tableau Cloud, Tableau Desktop, and Tableau Public

Smart Filter on Table Name

Filter for a table by its exact name in the Data pane.

Smart Filter on Table Name

Increase analytic efficiency in large data models by enabling users to filter tables by exact name. Use the same table smart filter “T:” followed by double quotes around the exact table name to bypass substring searches.

Smart Filter on Table Name is generally available in Tableau Cloud, Tableau Desktop and Tableau Public

Tableau Maps: Mixed Geometry Support

Tableau Maps: Mixed Geometry Support

Map points, lines, and polygons from one column without tedious workarounds

Tableau Maps: Mixed Geometry Support

Tableau Maps: Mixed Geometry Support

Stop wrestling with rigid data and start mapping the real world as it is. Mixed Geometry Support eliminates tedious data prep by allowing Tableau to visualize points, lines, and polygons simultaneously from a single column. It’s a "drag-and-drop" solution for complex spatial data, giving you instant, high-fidelity maps without the workarounds.

Tableau Maps: Mixed Geometry Support is generally available in Tableau Cloud, Tableau Desktop and Tableau Public

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External Key Management for Extracts

Encrypt your Tableau Cloud extracts using your own AWS encryption keys

External Key Management for Extracts

Enhance the security of your data extracts in Tableau Cloud with External Key Management. Integrate directly with your AWS Key Management Service (KMS) to gain full control over the encryption keys that protect your data.

External Key Management for Extracts is generally available in Tableau Cloud

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RHEL 10 Support to Tableau Server

Allows customers to run Tableau Server on the latest RHEL 10 operating system

RHEL 10 Support to Tableau Server

Enable customers who are legally and securely required to run on the latest Red Hat Enterprise Linux to upgrade their Tableau Server instance. Administrators can install the RHEL 10 installer from the Tableau website.

RHEL 10 Support to Tableau Server is generally available in Tableau Cloud

Duplicate name alert that appears when saving a view on Tableau Cloud

Disable Duplicate Custom View Names

Eliminate confusion and improve reliability by preventing duplicate Custom View names

Duplicate name alert that appears when saving a view on Tableau Cloud

Disable Duplicate Custom View Names

Strengthen product reliability and create a more intuitive Custom Views experience by blocking the creation of duplicate names and providing a clear inline alert when a save will overwrite an existing view. This eliminates silent failures and prevents confusion, particularly in large enterprise environments.

Disable Duplicate Custom View Names is generally available in Tableau Cloud

Help Agent on Tableau Public

Navigate Tableau Public with an interactive assistant that provides instant answers and feature support.

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 are a beginner navigating your first visualization or an expert looking for community best practices, the Tableau Public Help Agent provides instant, personalized education.

Help Agent on Tableau Public is generally available in Tableau Public

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Tableau Prep: Spatial Calculations and Joins

Tableau Prep now supports the following spatial calculations in the calculation editor: MakePoint, MakeLine, Buffer, Distance, Area, Intersects, Length, Outline. Users now have the flexibility to configure a spatial join between two geometry data types to generate location points and regions of interest in Tableau Prep as they have in Tableau Desktop.

Tableau Prep: Spatial Calculations and Joins

Tableau Prep now supports the following spatial calculations in the calculation editor: MakePoint, MakeLine, Buffer, Distance, Area, Intersects, Length, Outline. Users now have the flexibility to configure a spatial join between two geometry data types to generate location points and regions of interest in Tableau Prep as they have in Tableau Desktop.

Spatial Calculations and Joins is generally available in Tableau Prep and Tableau Cloud

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Tableau Prep: In-Database Processing - Snowflake (Beta)

Improve processing efficiency for flows connected to large datasets with In-Database Processing. Users can now choose to perform operations in their Snowflake database, instead of in Tableau Prep, eliminating extensive memory use and reducing processing times.

In-Database Processing is available in Beta.

Tableau Prep: In-Database Processing - Snowflake (Beta)

Improve processing efficiency for flows connected to large datasets with In-Database Processing. Users can now choose to perform operations in their Snowflake database, instead of in Tableau Prep, eliminating extensive memory use and reducing processing times.

In-Database Processing is available in Beta.

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Tableau Prep: Hyper-as-a-Service

Process larger Prep flows more efficiently with Hyper-as-a-Service. Tableau Prep will now separate the flow-processor (Minerva) and hyper into different pods, allowing services to be scaled and deployed independently. This will make it easier to isolate faults and allocate resources effectively, resulting in far fewer flow failures due to memory constraints.

Tableau Prep: Hyper-as-a-Service

Process larger Prep flows more efficiently with Hyper-as-a-Service. Tableau Prep will now separate the flow-processor (Minerva) and hyper into different pods, allowing services to be scaled and deployed independently. This will make it easier to isolate faults and allocate resources effectively, resulting in far fewer flow failures due to memory constraints.

Hyper-as-a-Service is generally available in Tableau Prep and Tableau Cloud

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Bring Your Own Connector - BYOC (Pilot)

Accelerate your journey to the cloud and centralize governance with Bring Your Own Connector (BYOC), now in Pilot. Organizations using proprietary systems or unsupported databases can now deploy custom drivers and connectors, enabling migration to Tableau Cloud. BYOC unlocks the full power of web authoring, published data sources, extracts, and Tableau Prep flows while ensuring site-level governance and usage monitoring.

Bring Your Own Connector is available in Pilot.

Bring Your Own Connector - BYOC (Pilot)

Accelerate your journey to the cloud and centralize governance with Bring Your Own Connector (BYOC), now in Pilot. Organizations using proprietary systems or unsupported databases can now deploy custom drivers and connectors, enabling migration to Tableau Cloud. BYOC unlocks the full power of web authoring, published data sources, extracts, and Tableau Prep flows while ensuring site-level governance and usage monitoring.

Bring Your Own Connector is available in Pilot

REST API Connector

Connect to data from your REST API endpoint without writing custom code. The new REST API Connector unlocks API data for business users without developer resources, enabling self-service analytics and reducing time-to-analysis. The REST API Connector is the intended replacement for the deprecated Web Data Connector option.

REST API Connector

Connect to data from your REST API endpoint without writing custom code. The new REST API Connector unlocks API data for business users without developer resources, enabling self-service analytics and reducing time-to-analysis. The REST API Connector is the intended replacement for the deprecated Web Data Connector option.

REST API Connector is generally available in Tableau Server, Tableau Desktop, and Tableau Prep. Coming soon to Tableau Cloud.

Google Looker Connector

Combine the robust data modeling of Google Looker with Tableau's industry-leading visualization. Organizations can now instantly access their governed Looker data within Tableau - no manual exports required. This allows business analysts to visualize pre-modeled data in Tableau using Looker's business rules, enabling a seamless workflow across both platforms.

Google Looker Connector

Combine the robust data modeling of Google Looker with Tableau's industry-leading visualization. Organizations can now instantly access their governed Looker data within Tableau - no manual exports required. This allows business analysts to visualize pre-modeled data in Tableau using Looker's business rules, enabling a seamless workflow across both platforms.

Google Looker Connector is generally available in Tableau Cloud, Tableau Desktop, and Tableau Prep

New Amazon S3 Connector (Beta)

Connect to and analyze S3 data in Tableau with the new Amazon S3 Connector, now in Beta. The modern S3 connectivity enables customers to access Amazon S3 data files (CSV and Parquet) in Tableau without writing scripts. The new connector improves performance and security, enables self-service analytics directly from S3 storage, and eliminates dependency on the deprecated Web Data Connector.

New Amazon S3 Connector is available in Beta.

New Amazon S3 Connector (Beta)

Connect to and analyze S3 data in Tableau with the new Amazon S3 Connector, now in Beta. The modern S3 connectivity enables customers to access Amazon S3 data files (CSV and Parquet) in Tableau without writing scripts. The new connector improves performance and security, enables self-service analytics directly from S3 storage, and eliminates dependency on the deprecated Web Data Connector.

New Amazon S3 Connector is available in Beta.

Custom OAuth for Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online in Government Cloud

Connect to Excel and text files in Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online using a Custom OAuth configuration. By registering a dedicated Entra application for Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep and configuring OAuth, Azure Government (GCC/GCCH/DoD) admins can bypass former connectivity barriers. This enables secure, compliant access to document libraries that were previously inaccessible, ensuring mission-critical data is available for analysis.

Custom OAuth for Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online in Government Cloud

Connect to Excel and text files in Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online using a Custom OAuth configuration. By registering a dedicated Entra application for Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep and configuring OAuth, Azure Government (GCC/GCCH/DoD) admins can bypass former connectivity barriers. This enables secure, compliant access to document libraries that were previously inaccessible, ensuring mission-critical data is available for analysis.

Custom OAuth for Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint Online in Government Cloud is generally available in Tableau Prep and Tableau Desktop

OAuth for Cloudera Impala

Streamline authentication with OAuth support for Cloudera Impala. By configuring Impala instances to use OAuth, organizations can move away from legacy authentication in favor of a modern, cloud-friendly, and highly secure method for connecting to Cloudera Impala.

OAuth for Cloudera Impala

Streamline authentication with OAuth support for Cloudera Impala. By configuring Impala instances to use OAuth, organizations can move away from legacy authentication in favor of a modern, cloud-friendly, and highly secure method for connecting to Cloudera Impala.

OAuth for Cloudera Impala is generally available in Tableau Cloud, Tableau Desktop, and Tableau Prep

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Removal of Marketo and Oracle Eloqua Connectors

To ensure a more secure and performant experience, the Marketo and Oracle Eloqua connectors are officially deprecated and will be removed in version 2026.1. Organizations must begin content migration immediately to avoid service disruptions.

Removal of Marketo and Oracle Eloqua connectors is generally available in Tableau Desktop

Replacement for Marketo & Oracle Eloqua: JDBC-based connectors are now available for download via Tableau Exchange.

Removal of Marketo and Oracle Eloqua Connectors

To ensure a more secure and performant experience, the Marketo and Oracle Eloqua connectors are officially deprecated and will be removed in version 2026.1. Organizations must begin content migration immediately to avoid service disruptions.

Removal of Marketo and Oracle Eloqua connectors is generally available in Tableau Desktop

Replacement for Marketo & Oracle Eloqua: JDBC-based connectors are now available for download via Tableau Exchange.

Tableau Bridge: Client Status in Activity Log

Gain deeper enterprise-grade monitoring with the new bridge_client_status event type in the Tableau Activity Log. This update provides a continuous audit trail by recording exactly when a Bridge client disconnects or reconnects, plus a daily "heartbeat" log every 24 hours. This added observability allows teams to track client health over time, troubleshoot downtime faster, and maintain high availability for data connections.

Tableau Bridge: Client Status in Activity Log

Gain deeper enterprise-grade monitoring with the new bridge_client_status event type in the Tableau Activity Log. This update provides a continuous audit trail by recording exactly when a Bridge client disconnects or reconnects, plus a daily "heartbeat" log every 24 hours. This added observability allows teams to track client health over time, troubleshoot downtime faster, and maintain high availability for data connections.

Client Status in Activity Log is generally available in Tableau Cloud

Tableau Bridge: Improved Job Monitoring

Manage your background workloads more efficiently with improved Tableau Bridge job monitoring. The Jobs page now reports the 'sent to Bridge' status, while administrative views (pictured) now report the client ID and pool name related to the extract. This update provides clear visibility into which jobs are running on local Bridge clients versus those utilizing Tableau Cloud Backgrounder resources, allowing for better capacity planning and more accurate performance troubleshooting.

Tableau Bridge: Improved Job Monitoring

Manage your background workloads more efficiently with improved Tableau Bridge job monitoring. The Jobs page now reports the 'sent to Bridge' status, while administrative views (pictured) now report the client ID and pool name related to the extract. This update provides clear visibility into which jobs are running on local Bridge clients versus those utilizing Tableau Cloud Backgrounder resources, allowing for better capacity planning and more accurate performance troubleshooting.

Improved Job Monitoring is generally available in Tableau Bridge and Tableau Cloud

Tableau Agent: Dashboard Narratives (Beta)

Ease data discovery with intuitive, AI-generated explanations. Tableau Agent delivers dashboard narratives that provide an overview of the dashboard and insights for each viz, highlighting meaningful trends.

Now in open beta for Tableau Cloud. Coming soon to Tableau Desktop.

Tableau Agent: Dashboard Narratives (Beta)

Ease data discovery with intuitive, AI-generated explanations. Tableau Agent delivers dashboard narratives that provide an overview of the dashboard and insights for each viz, highlighting meaningful trends.

Dashboard Narratives is available in open beta for Tableau Cloud. Coming soon to Tableau Desktop.

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Correlation Insight

Unlock the hidden drivers behind your metrics in Tableau Pulse. Using relationships specified by the Analyst, Enhanced Q&A now surfaces meaningful correlation insight between metrics, even if they have different data sources. It reports the strength and direction of the relationship, explains the significance, and cites the supporting visualization. Enhanced Q&A is powered by an LLM, but stays grounded in detected insights, helping you to reliably connect the dots across your business.

Enhanced Q&A Correlation is generally available in Tableau+ edition of Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Correlation Insight

Unlock the hidden drivers behind your metrics in Tableau Pulse. Using relationships specified by the Analyst, Enhanced Q&A now surfaces meaningful correlation insight between metrics, even if they have different data sources. It reports the strength and direction of the relationship, explains the significance, and cites the supporting visualization. Enhanced Q&A is powered by an LLM, but stays grounded in detected insights, helping you to reliably connect the dots across your business.

Enhanced Q&A Correlation is generally available in Tableau+ edition of Tableau Cloud.

Tableau Pulse: Manage Metric Alerts

Focus Tableau Pulse alerts by managing metric notifications. You can now toggle alerts on or off for specific metrics to tune your notifications to your current priorities. This allows you to mute less relevant notifications, ensuring the most critical updates stand out.

Manage Metric Alerts is generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions.

Tableau Pulse: Manage Metric Alerts

Focus Tableau Pulse alerts by managing metric notifications. You can now toggle alerts on or off for specific metrics to tune your notifications to your current priorities. This allows you to mute less relevant notifications, ensuring the most critical updates stand out.

Manage Metric Alerts is generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions.

Tableau Pulse: Custom Goal and Threshold Name

Speak your business’s language by assigning specific names to a metric's goal or threshold. Instead of the default "goal" or "threshold," define your own status labels—like "target" or "quota"—within Tableau Pulse. These labels are reflected across all associated Pulse content, ensuring your insights resonate with your team.

Custom Goal and Threshold Name is generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions.

Tableau Pulse: Custom Goal and Threshold Name

Speak your business’s language by assigning specific names to a metric's goal or threshold. Instead of the default "goal" or "threshold," define your own status labels—like "target" or "quota"—within Tableau Pulse. These labels are reflected across all associated Pulse content, ensuring your insights resonate with your team.

Custom Goal and Threshold Name is generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions.

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Custom Homepage Queries

Go from curiosity to insight faster with custom Enhanced Q&A queries directly from the Tableau Pulse homepage. With the new 'Analyze with AI' entry point, business users can ask their own question directly from the homepage, without having to start with the suggested question. Simply type your question or prompt with your metrics in full view and uncover specific patterns, seamlessly.

This option is only available when metrics are sorted by "Metric Definition" or "Data Source."

Tableau Pulse: Enhanced Q&A Custom Homepage Queries

Go from curiosity to insight faster with custom Enhanced Q&A queries directly from the Tableau Pulse homepage. With the new 'Analyze with AI' entry point, business users can ask their own question directly from the homepage, without having to start with the suggested question. Simply type your question or prompt with your metrics in full view and uncover specific patterns, seamlessly.

This option is only available when metrics are sorted by "Metric Definition" or "Data Source."

Tableau Next: Q&A Calibration (Beta)

Validate and optimize AI agent answers

Tableau Next: Q&A Calibration (Beta)

Stop guessing if your AI agent is getting it right. Q&A Calibration puts validation and optimization in the hands of your data experts. By testing agent responses against curated questions, experts can classify accuracy, use guided suggestions to fine-tune logic, and verify questions—ensuring every answer is accurate and reliable.

Q&A Calibration is available in Beta in Tableau Next

IP Filtering Self-Service

Secure your site by restricting access to approved IP addresses and ranges

Updating the IP address on the Tableau Cloud site

IP Filtering Self-Service

Enhance site security by defining approved IP addresses or ranges to ensure only authorized locations can access your data. Administrators can now directly manage these restrictions within site settings to protect inbound traffic and maintain strict governance.

IP Filtering Self-Service is generally generally available across all Tableau Cloud editions, with the exception of South Korea, Switzerland and India, which are scheduled to be added by the end of March