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# Tableau Next

Tableau Next is agentic analytics that delivers personalized, contextual, and actionable insights everywhere work happens.

![Tableau Next banner](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/tua/images/tua_banner.png)

As Salesforce’s end-to-end, agentic analytics experience, Tableau Next integrates the #1 analytics platform with Agentforce’s context-aware AI and the Data 360 semantic layer that unifies business knowledge across your organization. Designed to be composable and API-first, Tableau Next empowers you to create, share, and reuse analytics assets seamlessly. Build and deliver personalized, contextual, and actionable insights for every user, backed by Salesforce’s enterprise-grade performance, security, and scalability.

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            <p>
              <span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/resources-global/_corporate/images/learning_maps/lm_start.png" alt="Map image"></span>
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            <p><strong class="uicontrol">Get Started</strong></p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://salesforce.vidyard.com/watch/f9Dv7WM56vyVVZhUuF54xh" target="_blank">Tableau Next Overview Video</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=data.c360_a_datacloud_tableaunext.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Data to Decisions: <span>Data 360</span> and Tableau
                Next</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://trailhead.salesforce.com/content/learn/trails/unlock-actionable-data-insights-with-tableau-next" target="_blank">Learn Tableau Next with Trailhead</a>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_learning_resources.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Learning Resources Page</a>
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            <p><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/resources-global/_corporate/images/learning_maps/lm_develop_1.png" alt="Map image"></span>
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            <p><strong class="uicontrol">Set Up &amp; Enable</strong></p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Set Up Tableau Next</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_ai.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Tableau Agent in Tableau Next</a>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data_sdm_mcp.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Tableau Next Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server</a>
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            <p><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/resources-global/_corporate/images/learning_maps/lm_integrate_1.png" alt="Map image"></span>
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            <p><strong class="uicontrol">Bring In Data &amp; Create Models</strong></p>
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              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_home_workspace.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Workspaces and Personal Orgs</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data_add.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Connect Data to a Tableau Next Workspace</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data_sdm_about_models.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Add Semantic Models</a>
            </p>
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              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data_sdm_use_marketplace.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Accelerate Semantic Model Creation with Marketplace
                Templates</a>
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            <p><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/resources-global/_corporate/images/learning_maps/lm_explore_1.png" alt="Design icon"></span>
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            <p><strong class="uicontrol">Build Metrics, Visualizations, Dashboards</strong></p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_marketplace.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Tableau Next Marketplace</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data_sdm_about_metrics.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Add Metrics to Semantic Models</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_create_viz.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Build Insightful Visualizations</a>
            </p>
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              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_create_dashboard.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Create Effective Dashboards</a>
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              <span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/resources-global/_corporate/images/learning_maps/lm_outcome_1.png" alt="Deploy icon"></span>
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            <p><strong class="uicontrol">Deploy &amp; Share</strong></p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_share_access.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Manage Access to Assets</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_embed.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Bring Insights Into the Flow of Work</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_embed_external.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Embed Assets in Your External Apps</a>
            </p>
            <p style="margin-bottom:0;">
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_deploy_template.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Build Templates for Your Tableau Next Marketplace</a>
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            <p><span style="vertical-align:text-bottom;display:inline-block;"><img style="margin-bottom:0;" src="https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-analytics-tua-264-0-0-production-enus/d794334f-d174-49d3-a4d2-a615bd2e54aa/resources-global/_corporate/images/learning_maps/lm_optimize_end_1.png" alt="Report icon"></span>
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            <p><strong class="uicontrol">Tableau Next Everywhere</strong></p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_metric_slack_share.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Work with Tableau Next and Slack</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=analytics.tua_consume_metric.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Work with Tableau Next Metrics</a>
            </p>
            <p>
              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.salesforce_app_tua_mobile_overview.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Tableau Next on Mobile</a>
            </p>
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              <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_tableau_next_apps_for_salesforce.htm&amp;language=en_US" target="_blank">Tableau Next Apps for Salesforce</a>
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Tip Learn more in the [Tableau Next Release Notes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua.htm&language=en_US), the [Developer Center](https://developer.salesforce.com/developer-centers/tableau), and the [Tableau Next Community](https://trailhead.salesforce.com/trailblazer-community/topics/tableaunext?sort=LAST_MODIFIED_DATE_DESC).

- **[About Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_reference.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn about Tableau Next editions, limits, guidelines, billable usage types, and terminology.
- **[Tableau Next Setup](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Tableau Next is the composable, AI-analytics platform that turns any type of data into actionable insights. Tableau Next requires Data 360 and the Data 360 semantic layer.
- **[Tableau Agent in Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_ai.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Learn about setting up and using Tableau Agent in Tableau Next. Prepare your data in Data Cloud, then enable Agentforce capabilities and create agents using templates with pre-built agentic capabilities that turn data into insights faster.
- **[Tableau Next Home and Workspaces](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_home_workspace.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Tableau Next analytics home page offers a quick way to build analytics assets, organize them within workspaces and access the resources and assets available to you.
- **[Tableau Next Marketplace](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_marketplace.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    The Tableau Next Marketplace centralizes all templates for metrics, semantic models, dashboards, and visualizations. Tableau Next templates, including out-of-the-box, custom and AgentExchange packages, are tailored for your data and presentation needs.
- **[Connect and Prepare Data in Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    You can access data for creating visualizations and dashboards by connecting to data directly (Data 360 DMOs and CIOs), by connecting to a semantic model that already has a data connection, or by uploading your own data from CSV files. Use Tableau Semantics within Tableau Next to create a semantic model and semantic calculated dimensions and measures.
- **[Creating Visualizations and Dashboards in Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_create.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Explore data in a semantic model and surface insights that you can act on by building visualizations on related data in your workspace to draw conclusions and make business decisions. Take data visualization to the next level with dashboards, where you can add interactivity, enhance data exploration, and provide a clear overview of the critical information that you need in one place.
- **[Embed, Share, and Deploy Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_deploy.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Share your workspaces and assets with other users. Embed Tableau Next visualizations, metrics, followed metrics, and dashboards into Lightning pages. Copy Tableau Next component code to embed Tableau Next assets into third-party web apps. Transform your dashboards and workspace assets into standardized templates to list on Marketplace, empowering collaboration, promoting standardization, and reducing duplicate efforts across teams. Deploy your Tableau Next workspaces, visualizations, and dashboards from your sandbox org into your production org using change sets and data kits.
- **[Tableau Next Apps for Salesforce](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_tableau_next_apps_for_salesforce.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Provide your teams with curated paths through your data, plus powerful tools for spontaneous, deep explorations. With a Tableau Next App for Salesforce, you have a purpose-built set of analyses and insights about a specific area of your business. Answer pressing questions, predict outcomes, and get recommendations on the next best actions with insights infused directly within the flow of work in Salesforce.
- **[Tableau Next Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_data_sdm_mcp.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Tableau Next Model Context Protocol (MCP) connects your Tableau Next governed analytics, metadata, and semantic models to external MCP-compliant AI agents such as ChatGPT or Claude. This integration lets you use your Tableau Next data and user experience directly within your AI workflows without moving data or breaking trust boundaries.
- **[Work with Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_consume.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Access Tableau Next metrics, visualizations, and dashboards for effective, data-based collaborations with your team. Customize and personalize Tableau Next on your home page by filtering and following metrics. Explore and refine metrics and other analytics assets to show you the insights most relevant for your work.