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# Create a Semantic Model from the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI)

Tableau Semantics supports the Open Semantic Interchange (OSI), an open-source standard for sharing semantic models across various platforms and tools.

## Key Benefits

- Reusability: Companies can avoid manual recreation by reusing existing semantic definitions (dimensions, measures, relationships, and business logic) from external models like Snowflake, dbt, and so on.
- Consistency: Companies can maintain a unified single source of truth across analytics tools and AI-powered experiences.

These resources provide additional information about OSI:

- Learn more about OSI on the official [website](https://open-semantic-interchange.org/)
- View the open-source specification and translators on [GitHub](https://github.com/open-semantic-interchange/OSI/blob/main/core-spec/spec.md)
- View the Salesforce OSI Converter on [GitHub](https://github.com/open-semantic-interchange/OSI/tree/main/converters/salesforce)

## Limitations

As OSI support is based on the early v0.1 specification, some capabilities are still evolving. Considerations include:

- Calculated fields and metrics aren’t yet translated across platforms.
- Certain metadata requires manual configuration or validation, as reflected in the OSI workflow.
- Automatic synchronization between the original semantic model and Tableau Semantics is not supported.
- Full access to the Tableau semantic model is required for a successful OSI conversion.

- **[OSI v0.1 Overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.c360_a_sl_osi_support.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Tableau Semantics currently supports the initial release of the OSI open-source workflow (OSI v0.1).
- **[OSI Workflow](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.c360_a_sl_osi_workflow.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The OSI workflow uses open-source translators and customer-managed infrastructure.