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description: Every metric includes one or more insights that you can explore to learn more about your data. When more insights have been detected for a metric, you can click suggested questions in the Discover Insights panel to open those insights.
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# Explore Metrics and Insights

Every metric includes one or more insights that you can explore to learn more about your data. When more insights have been detected for a metric, you can click suggested questions in the Discover Insights panel to open those insights.

### Required Editions

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Note When Agentforce for Analytics and Concierge: Analytics Q&A are turned on in Tableau Next, you can explore metric details and dashboards through natural conversation in the Agentforce panel. For more information, see [About Conversational Analytics in Tableau Agent](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_metric_questions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Tableau Agent with the Data Analysis subagent is a deeply integrated, intelligent layer for conversational analytics, built to meet business users where they work, across Tableau Next, Salesforce, and Slack. Ask Tableau Agent freeform questions about your data, and get answers in the form of rich text and visualizations, grounded in your organization's semantics and business logic.") and [Ask Questions with Tableau Agent in Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_metric_analytics_qa.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When Tableau Agent with Data Analysis is enabled in Tableau Next, you can ask questions to explore your data. When Tableau Agent is enabled in Slack, you can use it to ask questions about shared Tableau Next metric and dashboard data in that context.").

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Open a metric to view and explore its details.

1. In the Tableau Next home page, open a metric by clicking the name in a metric card or clicking **Open** in the action menu.
2. In the metric page, view the metric and scroll down to see the top insight for that metric.
    
    If more insights have been detected, they are displayed in the Discover Insights panel.
3. On a metric page, click **Discover Insights** to open and close the Discover Insights panel. The Discover Insights panel includes other insights and suggested questions for the metric.
4. Click a suggested question to open the insight that answers that question.

- **[Metric Insights in Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_metrics_insights_about.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Metrics insights give you a quick snapshot of the data you care about in Tableau Next. Every metric includes insights that Tableau Next automatically detects.