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# Tableau Next Features Released by Month

Tableau Next features and changes are released as often as monthly, so check back again soon for the latest solutions.

## August ‘26

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d206142e50">Functional Area</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d206142e53">Release Note</th>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Tableau Agent</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_agent_data_connection_analytics_creation.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Analyze your Tableau Next data faster by using natural language conversations with the Data Connection and Analytics Creation (Beta) agent. Discover relevant data for your business questions and generate the semantic models, calculations, visualizations, and other assets needed for analysis. Continue refining your analysis through follow-up conversations or edit generated visualizations in Visualization Builder. Save generated assets in Tableau Next for reuse and further analysis.">Accelerate Tableau Next Data Analysis Through Conversations (Limited Beta)</a></td>

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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Setup and Administration</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_c360_auto_install.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Tableau Next assets built upon the C360 Semantic Model can provide more accurate and useful insights. Now, Salesforce automatically installs the C360 Semantic Model for you in your default data space. You control when to update the model to the latest released version, on your own schedule. You can also manually install it in other data spaces as needed.">Access Unified Business Context with the Auto-Installed C360 Semantic Model</a>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Marketplace</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_agentexchange_in_marketplace.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Tableau Next Marketplace connects you to a curated catalog of AgentExchange app packages you can browse and install without leaving Tableau Next. These packages contain pre-built, trusted analytics templates that serve as starting points for dashboards and semantic models. Review package details, including licensing and pricing, then install directly in your environment. After installation, create assets from the templates and configure them for your data sources and workspaces.">Install AgentExchange App Packages Directly from Marketplace</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Data</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_excel_interpreter_results_beta.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Inspect and validate Excel data cleanup by using the new Review Results (Beta) option. After running Data Interpreter, open the results menu to see detailed descriptions of detected formatting adjustments alongside a preview of your original file. Reviewing these explanations makes sure that your data ranges appear correct without needing to re-open the source file.">Verify Data Interpreter Results and Inspect Original File Layouts (Beta)</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_excel_interpreter_ga.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Prepare, clean, and update unformatted Excel files automatically by using the Data Interpreter. Eliminate manual file restructuring by automatically fixing multi-row headers, merged cells, and extra title rows during initial upload. When re-uploading updated Excel files, manually select sub-tables to ensure Data Lake Objects refresh accurately. Your users get trusted data formatting from upload to insight without breaking downstream data pipelines.">Clean and Update Unformatted Excel Data Automatically with Data Interpreter (Generally Available)</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_enterprise_google_connector_beta.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Create a Google Drive connection to give all Tableau Next workspace users access to enterprise data without creating duplicate connections. You can easily discover and import shared CSV, XLSX, and Google Sheets files without needing individual credentials or manual file transfers. You also gain centralized connection management that keeps team data aligned while simplifying workspace setup.">Share Enterprise Google Drive Connections Across Tableau Next Workspaces (Beta)</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_transform_builder_ga.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Perform data transformations by using the in-app builder in Tableau Next, and you bring an intelligent, self-service data prep flow directly to your analytics workflow. You can add more data, manipulate it by using append, aggregate, filter, transform, and join nodes, and then write the results to a target data object. This feature, now generally available, includes improvements such as column selection when you add data objects.">Clean and Transform Data for Analysis Directly in Tableau Next (Generally Available)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Semantics</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sm_biz_pref_extended.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Extended models inherit Business Preferences from their base model automatically, so you only need to define Business Preferences once. To adapt them for a specific extended model, edit the inherited preferences. The Business Preferences window marks whether the preferences are inherited or overridden, and lets you revert at any time. Reverting removes all changes made in the extended model. Extended models that already had Business Preference changes before this release are treated as overridden and don't inherit from the base model.">Inherit and Override Business Preferences Across Extended Semantic Models</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sm_verified_questions_data_kit.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Verified Questions are now added automatically with their semantic model when packaged into a standard, unmanaged Data Kit. Installing the Data Kit in the target org ensures the Tableau Agent has everything it needs to function, with minimal manual setup. Previously, admins and analysts had to recreate and reverify Verified Questions in each target org from scratch.">Move Verified Questions To A New Org Using A Data Kit</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sl_semantic_builder_smart_canvas.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Author and navigate semantic models of any size with the enhanced canvas in the Semantic Model Builder. Smart auto-layout reflows the canvas in real time, relationship lines never cross, and domain-based grouping and focus mode make even large-object Customer 360 models clear and traceable. Switch to the enhanced canvas using the in-product toggle; the previous canvas remains available.">Build and Navigate Semantic Models with Smart Canvas</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sl_overrides_metrics.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="When you extend a semantic model, it inherits all definitions from the base model — data objects, fields, relationships, calculated fields, and metrics. Now you can customize that inherited calculation logic and metric definitions to match your business, while everything you don't override keeps inheriting automatically from the base model. This approach preserves a single source of truth; your extended model stays aligned with the base for shared definitions, and diverges only where you intend it to.">Override Calculated Fields and Metrics in Extended Semantic Data Models</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sl_org_hierarchy.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Answer hierarchy-based analytics questions like &quot;What's my team's revenue?&quot; by adding Role or Manager hierarchies to your semantic models. With one semantic model definition, your org can use organizational hierarchy capabilities across metrics, dashboards, and visualizations including My Team filtering, drill-down navigation, and data roll-up.">Manage Organizational Hierarchies in Tableau Semantics (Beta)</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sl_add_predictive_insghts.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Predictive Insights brings machine learning predictions directly to your semantic models. Reference an AI model, map your fields as inputs, and generate a prediction for each record in place without exporting data, switching tools, or writing code. Optionally, surface the top predictors and recommendations behind each prediction so your users can see what's driving a result and what to do next.">Add Predictive Insights to Semantic Models (Beta)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Visualization and Dashboards</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_replace_extendedsdm.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="When you extend a semantic model with additional calculations, data objects, or modified relationships, update the original semantic model to its extended version in existing visualizations. Tableau Next automatically maps matching fields based on their API name, object name, and data type. Preserve existing visualizations while simultaneously making new fields available for analysis. Unmapped fields remain available in the Data pane so you can add or replace them in the visualization. If Tableau Next doesn't map a field automatically, drag the corresponding field from the extended semantic model to replace it.">Easily Replace Semantic Models in Visualizations</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_dashboard_predictiveAI_support.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Surface machine learning predictions in Tableau Next visualizations and dashboards with the Predict() function defined in the semantic model. Compare historical data and predicted outcomes side by side in a visualization to identify trends, risks, and opportunities. Access prediction scores, drivers, and recommendations right where you visualize data and take action faster. Use prediction fields in calculated fields, filters, and aggregations to refine and extend your analyses.">Take Action on Predictions in Visualizations and Dashboards</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_dashboard_enhanced_explore.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="When you explore a visualization from a dashboard, review the applied dashboard filters and parameters so you can evaluate how they affect the data. From there, create a clone that includes the current dashboard filters as its starting point while leaving the original visualization unchanged. Or, edit the original visualization without the applied dashboard filters and parameters.">Continue Analyzing Dashboard Visualizations in Context</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_dashboard_mcp_support.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use Tableau Next analytics with your preferred MCP-compatible AI assistant or agent, such as Agentforce, ChatGPT, or Claude. Create, edit, and save visualizations and dashboards, or ask questions about your Tableau Next data without leaving your existing AI workflow. Save visualizations and dashboards as governed Tableau Next assets for reuse and continued analysis.">Analyze and Visualize Tableau Next Data with MCP-Compatible AI Clients (Beta)</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_viz_dashboard_metric_orghierarchy.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Build Tableau Next visualizations, dashboards, and metrics that recognize your Salesforce organization's reporting structure. When you create a Hierarchy Logical View in your semantic model based on your Salesforce organizational hierarchy, you can group and filter data, drill down and roll up through reporting levels, and use the hierarchy across dashboards and metric detail pages. Create hierarchy views from manager hierarchies to track team performance, role hierarchies to analyze metrics across sales roles, or territory hierarchies to monitor sales targets by territory.">Bring Salesforce Organizational Hierarchies into Tableau Next (Beta)</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_dashboard_improved_style_pane.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Customize the appearance of Tableau Next visualizations and dashboards with the expanded Style pane. Apply formatting to text, lines, backgrounds, and marks for a consistent appearance. Customize individual elements such as axes, field labels, headers, and legends to improve readability. Visualizations preserve their formatting when added to dashboards, where you can override formatting to suit your preferences.">Format Tableau Next Visualizations and Dashboards with Greater Control</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_radar_charts.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Compare entities across multiple measures with radar charts in Tableau Next. Evaluate results over time or side by side to quickly identify strengths, weaknesses, and overall performance patterns using their distinctive shapes. The Radial layout makes it easy to create these visualizations without requiring complex calculations or workarounds. Optionally, add a KPI value to the center of the chart to highlight a related aggregate metric.">Analyze Performance Across Multiple Measures with Radar Charts</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_radial_line.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Visualize a measure over a repeating sequence to spot cyclical and seasonal patterns in a Tableau Next radial line chart. Compare multiple groups across the same cycle, such as months of the year, to identify where peaks, dips, and patterns align or differ. Because the beginning and end of the sequence appear next to each other, you can easily see whether trends continue seamlessly or change abruptly across the cycle boundary.">Reveal Recurring Trends in Radial Line Charts</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_geocoding_choropleth_map.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Create choropleth maps in Tableau Next to compare data across geographic areas such as countries, states, counties, and cities. Visualize differences in values using color to quickly identify geographic hotspots and outliers. Explore the map interactively and zoom in for greater detail or zoom out for a broader picture.">Explore Geographic Trends with Choropleth Maps</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_author_tools_update.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Design Tableau Next dashboards more effectively with fresh authoring tools created to accelerate your workflow, promote brand uniformity, and simplify metric analysis. You can now instantly preview layout changes when you reorder pages. Also, save time by selecting several widgets at after to apply consistent formatting across your layout. For faster troubleshooting of your dashboard metrics, you can now open any metric to view its setup without navigating through semantic models.">Build and Customize Tableau Next Dashboards More Efficiently</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_dark_mode.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Embedded charts and dashboards within Tableau Next now reflect the theme of your Salesforce org, shifting between light and dark modes. To ensure visual consistency and accessibility, dashboard widgets, metric cards, and visualizations automatically update their color schemes to maintain contrast ratios. While this feature is enabled by default for new dashboards, existing ones require manual updates to support theme switching. Also, the Tableau Next dashboard editor doesn’t support dark modes.">Maintain Visual Consistency with Embedded Tableau Next Analytics in Dark Mode</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_filter_parameter_style.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Customize how filter widgets and parameters appear on dashboards by using new display styles. An updated List style is the new default for filters, while a new Card design is the default for parameters. You can easily switch back to classic styles at any time. Existing dashboards are unaffected, and the new defaults apply only when you add a new filter or parameter.">Enhance Tableau Next Dashboards with Redesigned Filter and Parameter Widgets</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Sharing and Embedding</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_viz_dashboard_metric_expsupport.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Eliminate the need for custom SDK implementations and extensive coding to embed Tableau Next components. Experience Cloud admins can now embed Tableau Next dashboards, visualizations, and metrics in Experience Cloud sites by using drag-and-drop components. Easily configure display properties and filters for embedded Tableau Next analytics in Experience Builder. Embedded analytics automatically respect each signed-in user's access and session context, delivering personalized data securely.">Streamline Embedding of Tableau Next Analytics in Experience Cloud</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_custom_fonts.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Experience Cloud admins can expand their font options for Tableau Next dashboards embedded in Experience Cloud by including custom fonts. Apply these fonts to align dashboards with the Experience Builder site. Create a more cohesive experience for customers and comply with your organization’s design standards.">Bring Custom Fonts to Embedded Tableau Next Dashboards in Experience Cloud</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e50 ">Exploration and Action</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e53 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_mcp_beta_server.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Tableau Next MCP Beta Server gives you early access to new tools for creating and editing dashboards, semantic models, visualizations, and alerts, using Claude, ChatGPT, Slackbot, or any other MCP-compatible client. Test and plan for upcoming capabilities while you continue using the generally available Tableau Next MCP Server for production work. Both servers can run at the same time in your org.">Experiment with New Tableau Next MCP Capabilities Before They Reach General Availability (Beta)</a></p>
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## July ‘26

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d206142e349">Release Note</th>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Tableau Agent (fka Agentforce for Analytics)</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_agent_tableau_enhanced_experience.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Tableau Agent in Tableau Next now offers an enhanced conversational analytics experience. Highlights include improved accuracy and consistency, more guided alternatives, and support for more advanced analytical interactions. If you've already created agents based on the Analytics and Visualization template, or you are eager to start, be sure to read the Why and How sections below.">Get Ready for Enhanced Conversational Analytics with Tableau Agent in Tableau Next</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Data</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_google_search_refresh.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Search for files and folders by name on My Drive, Shared Drive, and Shared with me instead of navigating complex folder structures. This enhanced search experience goes beyond the local cache, enabling you to differentiate between duplicate file names. Pair this update with automated refreshes for Google Drive data lake objects to make sure that your dashboards remain up to date.">Accelerate Dashboard Insights with Enhanced Document Search and Automated Refreshes for Google Drive</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_monitor.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="From the Tableau Next Data Monitor, review and track your data lake objects (DLOs), data connections, and data transforms referenced in your workspaces. View detailed information about your data assets, such as status, source workspace, refresh history, and available actions. You can also open each asset directly from the monitor. This feature, now generally available, includes some changes since the last release.">Monitor Data Assets in Tableau Next (Generally Available)</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_lens_explore.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Explore large data lake objects (DLOs), data model objects (DMOs), and external tables in data connections directly from your Tableau Next workspaces. Now, you can also profile external tables in a live data connection before creating a data lake object, so you can review the data and bring in the right table. Summarize, filter, sort, and drill down into data right in your flow of work. You can easily streamline your view to discover key metrics, identify data relationships, and analyze distributions.">Analyze Data Assets in Tableau Next</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Semantics</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_c360_calibration.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The C360 Semantic Model now comes with a large set of potential questions that your users might ask Tableau Agent with conversational analytics. In Tableau Next Q&amp;A Calibration, you can view the answers to the questions to verify the agent’s accuracy. With your input, the agent can respond consistently and accurately to semantically similar questions. The C360 Semantic Model also includes Business Preferences that define sales, service, and marketing terms to provide additional context for the agent.">Validate and Calibrate Agent Responses with C360 Semantic Model Questions and Business Preferences</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_bi_analytics_metadata_bridge.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge to create a semantic layer from your most-used CRM Analytics dashboards. The bridge analyzes your dashboards, creates the relevant objects in Data 360, and generates a valid semantic model from your CRM Analytics data in four steps: selection of source CRM Analytics dashboards, data lake object (DLO) creation, data model object (DMO) mapping, and semantic model generation. Use your semantic model in your Tableau Next workspace to build metrics, visualizations, based on the semantic layer and provide your users with conversational analytics.">Generate Semantic Models Using the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_extend.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge to add data from your CRM Analytics dashboards to an existing Customer 360 (C360) semantic model in Tableau Next, without changing the original model. The extend flow analyzes your most-used dashboards, compares them against a base semantic model, and generates a new semantic model that includes only the additional objects and fields you select.">Extend an Existing Semantic Model with CRM Analytics Dashboards (Beta)</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_rd_metadata_bridge.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the Reports Metadata Bridge to create a semantic layer from your most-used Lightning Experience report types. The bridge analyzes your reports, creates the relevant objects in Data 360, and generates a valid semantic model in four steps: selection of source reports, data lake object (DLO) creation, data model object (DMO) mapping, and semantic model generation. Use your semantic model in your Tableau Next workspace to build metrics, visualizations, based on the semantic layer and provide your users with conversational analytics.">Generate Semantic Models Using the Reports Metadata Bridge</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_rd_metadata_bridge_extend.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the Reports Metadata Bridge to add data from your Lightning Experience report types to an existing Customer 360 (C360) semantic model in Tableau Next, without changing the original model. The extend flow analyzes your most-used reports, compares them against a base semantic model, and generates a new semantic model that includes only the additional objects and fields you select.">Extend an Existing Semantic Model with Lightning Experience Reports (Beta)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Visualization and Dashboards</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_kpi_radials.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Highlight aggregate metrics alongside visualizations in Tableau Next by including KPI values in radial charts. For example, track total sales in the center of a donut chart while breaking down sales by category. Or, monitor sales quota attainment with a radial bar chart that compares progress toward sales goals across regions. You can format a KPI value as a number or percentage and add the visualization to a dashboard to monitor key metrics.">Show KPI Values in Radial Charts</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_group_tables.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="In Tableau Next table layout, categorize large datasets into logical groups to quickly review subtotals and totals in the collapsed view. Drill into the underlying details as needed in the expanded view. Group by calculated fields and apply conditional formatting to highlight data segments that require attention. Preserve your row groups when you switch to other layouts, making it easy to continue exploring the same data in different visualizations.">Group Table Rows to Organize and Summarize Data</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_nav_widget.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Use the Navigation widget to transform dashboard pages into a horizontal navigation bar. The new widget avoids manual button configurations and automatically scales with new dashboard pages. You can also hide or rearrange pages as you want them to appear in the bar.">Get Intuitive Browsing Across All Dashboard Pages with the Navigation Widget</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_summary_widget.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Summary widget enables you to merge Tableau Next metrics into a cohesive narrative on your dashboard. Instead of scanning individual metrics, the summary widget helps you pinpoint essential performance drivers quickly. By providing a centralized overview, the Summary widget helps stakeholders understand current developments and their reasons at a single glance.">Identify Key Performance Drivers with Cross-Metric Dashboard Summaries</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_lightning_mobile.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="View embedded Tableau Next dashboards on mobile devices directly within Lightning pages. Widgets automatically adjust to compact screen sizes to deliver optimal readability and layouts on phones. This update bridges the gap for mobile users, ensuring consistent data access and informed decision-making anywhere.">Enable Mobile Access with Embedded Tableau Next Dashboards</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Exploration and Action</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_slack_collaboration_enabled.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Collaborate with Slack and Tableau Next setting is now enabled by default for new orgs, and this setting is now enabled for existing orgs. So it's easier than ever to start collaborating with Tableau Next in Slack.">Enjoy Simplified Setup for Slack and Tableau Next</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_mcp_slack.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Get trusted, accurate answers and create intelligent, proactive intelligence briefings with Tableau Next and Slackbot, powered by the Tableau Next Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server and the analyze_data tool. When you set up the Tableau Next MCP server connection in Slack, you can ask Slackbot questions about your data and be confident that the answers you get back are grounded in your Tableau Next semantics and business logic. The analyze_data capability enables conversational analytics and reasoning that provides consistent, accurate answers. For example, ask Slackbot to create a Slackbot skill to pull insights from your data, so you can ask follow-up questions and take action with Slackbot such as sending Slack messages, creating Slack canvases, or taking action with Salesforce or other connected tools.">Get Answers from Slackbot Grounded by the Tableau Next Model Context Protocol (MCP)</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_forecast.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can see a metric’s predicted performance and plan accordingly with forecasting for metrics in Tableau Next. For example, a metric’s forecast shows that sales for a specific category are going to exceed your current inventory level. And because the metric’s forecast is grounded in historical data, you can be confident in planning your next steps. Forecasting can be used with or without goals or thresholds.">Plan Your Next Steps with Metric Forecasting in Tableau Next</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Tableau Next Apps for Salesforce</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_apps_unmetered.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="The Tableau Next Limited Consumer and Included App licenses now offer unmetered viewing and exploration of Tableau Next analytics assets in Salesforce apps. Unmetered usage doesn’t consume credits. For example, when a logged-in user explores a dashboard in Service Insights, the usage is unmetered.">Explore Analytics Assets with Unmetered Access in Tableau Next Apps for Salesforce</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e346 ">Tableau Next Development</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e349 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_embedding_sdk_v2.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Version 2.0 of the Tableau Next Embedding SDK includes a back-end upgrade to Lightning Out 2.2.3. You must upgrade to v2.0 to continue embedding Tableau Next content. If you don’t upgrade, existing apps and websites using the Tableau Next Embedding SDK will stop working. Developing and using embedded assets don’t change with this upgrade.">Required: Upgrade the Tableau Next Embedding SDK to v2.0</a></p>
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## June ‘26

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d206142e590">Functional Area</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d206142e593">Release Note</th>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Agentforce for Analytics</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_agent_model_selection.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Admins can now select an LLM model response setting for each agent using Agent Settings in Tableau Next.">Optimize the Model Response of Tableau Agent to Fit Your Workflow</a></td>

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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Setup and Administration</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_admin_guided_setup.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Get right to the fun of turning data into decisions by activating Tableau Next with a completely new setup experience. Install Data 360 metadata, establish security policies, assign admins, and activate Agentforce for Analytics and key AI features through a single, automated workflow.">Implement Tableau Next in Minutes Instead of Hours</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_auditing.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Track and analyze user activity within Tableau Next. With the new auditing feature enabled, user interaction events are collected into a data object. You can then analyze the data in Tableau Next, and use your audit trail for compliance and governance purposes.">Gain Visibility Into User Interactions with Tableau Next Auditing (Beta)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Home and Workspaces</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_salesforce_connections.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Convert standard and custom CRM objects into Data Lake Objects without leaving Tableau Next. You can now browse available connections, update a field's data type, and view primary keys directly from the data ingestion page.">Ingest Salesforce CRM Data Directly into Tableau Next (Beta)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Data</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_excel_refresh_interpreter.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can now use the Data Interpreter during Excel (.xlsx) file re-uploads to refresh Data Lake Objects built from non-standard layouts. A sheet selector enables you to identify specific sub-tables rather than relying on automatic matching logic. This control makes sure that updated data ranges ingest correctly without manual restructuring.">Use the Data Interpreter to Refresh Excel Files</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Semantics</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_sm_semantic_modeler.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Build semantic models from natural language descriptions of your business cases to accelerate data modeling and reduce technical complexity. Semantic Modeler automatically scans your workspaces to find relevant data objects, suggest relationships, and draft calculated field formulas to deliver a fully mapped, structured semantic model.">Build and Refine Semantic Models Faster with Semantic Modeler (Beta)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Visualization and Dashboards</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_radial_charts.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Arrange data around a circular axis in Tableau Next to compare values, identify cyclic or seasonal patterns in your data. With the new Radial layout, you can create pie charts, Nightingale rose charts, radial heatmaps, radial bar charts, and spoke bar charts without requiring complex calculations.">Discover Cyclic Data Patterns with Five New Radial Chart Types</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_geocoding_point_map.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Transform geographic data into interactive maps in Tableau Next to explore regional trends and patterns without manually entering latitude and longitude coordinates. Use geographic roles and hierarchies to simplify map authoring, organize related location fields, and distinguish between places with the same name. Also, navigate maps efficiently using map controls or keyboard shortcuts for common actions.">Create Point Maps from Geographic Fields</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_viz_include_exclude.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Analyze data more efficiently by keeping or excluding selected marks in a visualization, automatically creating filters based on your selections. As you iterate on your analysis, adjust the generated filter criteria in the Filters pane to continue narrowing or expanding your view. Save the visualization with the filtered data and filters you created for future analysis.">Keep or Exclude Data Directly in Tableau Next Visualizations</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_viz_csv_download.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Export the data displayed in a visualization as a CSV file for auditing, collaboration, or further analysis in other tools. Tableau Next exports up to 5,000 rows, including any dashboard filters and facet selections you applied.">Download Tableau Next Visualization Data as a CSV File</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_parameter_update.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Update specific Tableau Next metrics instantly without triggering a full-page refresh of surrounding widgets. This enhancement updates the previous behavior where modifying any parameter initiated a global reload of the active page. Authors can isolate parameter changes to a select set of dependent widgets.">Update Selected Dashboard Widgets with Targeted Parameter Updates</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_text_metrics.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Add real-time overviews to text widgets with embedded live metric attributes. This feature enables you to merge metrics with your strategic observations that deliver thorough and active business context on your dashboard.">Embed Live Metrics Directly into Tableau Next Text Widgets</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Sharing and Embedding</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_manage_apps_and_templates.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Two new setup pages, App Hub and Templates, provide a centralized location to install, manage, and monitor Salesforce-provided and custom app templates. You can also create and upload custom templates for your org.">Manage and Monitor Installed Apps and Templates from Setup</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e590 ">Exploration and Action</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e593 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_secondary_comparison.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You now have more control over the period used to calculate a metric’s change over time. When you create a metric, set a primary comparison and an optional secondary comparison period. For example, your primary comparison measures month-over-month change. And your secondary comparison measures year-over-year change. When primary and secondary comparisons are set, they appear on both the card and on the metric’s detail page.">Compare Different Periods in Tableau Next Metrics</a></p>
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## May ‘26

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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Marketplace</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_marketplace.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Find templates for visualizations, dashboards, semantic models, and metrics in a single location with the Tableau Next Marketplace. Spend less time searching and more time building by browsing and installing pre-built templates. For instance, a sales analyst can find and instantly deploy a sales leaderboard dashboard instead of building it from scratch.">Accelerate Tableau Next Asset Creation With Marketplace Templates</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Home and Workspaces</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_central_edit.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Update the structure of your data more efficiently with centralized editing for data lake objects. Instead of navigating through separate menus for each table, access all your selected assets in one place to adjust metadata. This update makes it easier to find and use customization tools, so that you can modify your Data Cloud objects to your business needs.">Customize Tableau Next Files with Centralized Editing</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_google_connector_beta.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Import files such as Excel, CSV, and Google Sheets from your My Drive and Shared Drives with the Google Drive connector. To control who can see and use data, set up a service or shared account to manage broad access permissions effectively across your company.">Upload Data to a Tableau Next Workspace by Using Google Drive (Beta)</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_data_ingestion_drawer.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Stay productive during data ingestion with the new minimizable data ingestion drawer. Instead of navigating a full-page window, you can now track progress while simultaneously setting up more tables or exploring other tabs. This update ensures a continuous workflow by enabling you to multitask across your workspace without waiting for ingestion tasks to complete.">Multitask During Data Ingestion with the New Data Ingestion Drawer</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_clone_ref.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can now clone semantic data models and referenced assets inside a Tableau Next workspace. When you clone these assets, copies go in your current workspace and you become the owner of the copies. Related dependencies get added automatically as references to your workspace, saving you manual setup time. A referenced asset is any asset added to a workspace that didn't originally create it, and acts as a pointer to the asset owned in another workspace.This action gathers all related, necessary assets for further analysis.">Clone Referenced Assets and Dependencies in a Tableau Next Workspace</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_addhome.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Streamline your analytics workflow by creating assets directly from the home page. Save time by bypassing navigating into a workspace before creating or finding existing content. Select Add from the home page to create assets, find existing ones, or start a new workspace in one fluid motion. For example, find an existing visualization and add it to a new workspace, right from Home.">Find and Create Assets Right from the Tableau Next Home Page</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Semantics</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 "><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_override_semantic_definitions_in_composed_semantic_models.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="When you extend a semantic model, it inherits all definitions from the base model, including data objects, fields, relationships, and calculated fields. Now you can add more functionality to your extended model by overriding the base model semantic definitions. Any property that is overridden is disconnected from the base model. All other properties are connected and therefore continue to receive automatic updates from the base model.">Override Semantic Definitions in Extended Semantic Models</a></td>

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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Visualization and Dashboards</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 ">
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_refline_enhanced.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To compare performance across segments more effectively, add reference lines at the pane or cell level in your Tableau Next visualization. To align benchmarks with the time periods in your analysis, create reference lines from date part fields such as month, quarter, and year. Previously, you could apply reference lines only at the table level and create date-based reference lines only from date values.">Draw More Granular Comparisons with Reference Lines</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_attribute_dimension.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To provide additional context for aggregated measures in a visualization while keeping your view focused on summarized results, aggregate dimensions as attributes. Use aggregated dimensions for color, labels, tooltips, and detail in tables and charts. For example, in a table that shows sales by sub-category, aggregate Category as an attribute to color cells and visually distinguish related sub-categories. In a chart that shows profit ratio by state, aggregate Region as an attribute to add regional context without changing the structure of the view.">Aggregate Dimensions as Attributes in Tableau Next</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_visualization_showme_panel.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="To better represent the experience it provides, the Suggest panel is now called Show Me. During this transition, you may see a mix of the new and previous terms in our documentation and UI.">Tableau Next’s Suggest Panel Is Now the Show Me Panel</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_data_mode.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Ensure rapid loading for embedded overview dashboards to improve the user experience and reduce system overhead. You can now switch entire dashboards to cached mode, which uses stored query results rather than triggering expensive live updates for every page load. This approach provides a performance boost for frequently visited pages while maintaining the option to bypass the cache for urgent data needs.">Optimize Tableau Next Dashboard Loading with Configurable Data Modes</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_sdm_filter.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can now analyze disparate semantic data models (SDM) simultaneously through a single dashboard interaction. A selection in one filter widget can now filter metrics and visualizations powered by entirely separate semantic data models. For example, filter different date fields across different objects with a single filter widget. This update eliminates duplicate filters and simplifies the dashboard experience for your users.">Simplify Cross-Functional Analysis by Using Multi-Model Filtering</a></p>
              <p><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_multi_select_widget.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="You can now select multiple widgets to manage your dashboard layouts with greater precision. Move a group of widgets to a new tab or update widget styles in seconds. This flexibility enables you to focus on high-level dashboard organization rather than repetitive individual widget adjustment.">Restructure Tableau Next Dashboard Layouts with Multi-Widget Selection</a></p>
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_dashboard_bulk_widget_styling.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Apply style changes to multiple dashboard assets to create a cohesive look for your dashboards. Select several widgets to update borders and corner radiuses in a single action, or use new keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste styles between widgets. These updates replace the need to manually format every individual widget, saving time during the design process.">Format Dashboards Faster with Bulk Widget Styling</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Sharing and Embedding</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_build_app_template.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Create reusable app templates from your Tableau Next workspaces and share them across orgs. An app template is your workspace's data and insights resources collected as a package. When users install an app from the template, they get the same workspace functionality, with all resource relationships preserved, whether installing in the same org or a different one.">Create App Templates from Your Tableau Next Workspace (Beta)</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Exploration and Action</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_generate_answers_directly_from_tableau_next_with_mcp_server.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Bring analytics and secure data to any MCP-compliant AI client, transforming your data into actionable insights. Seamlessly leverage Tableau Next’s governed analytics, metadata, and semantic models within your AI ecosystem.">Generate Answers Directly from Tableau Next with MCP Server</a></p>
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            <td data-label="Functional Area" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e790 ">Tableau Next Development</td>

            <td data-label="Release Note" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d206142e793 ">
              <p style="margin-bottom:0;"><a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_atf_dev_guide_announcement.htm&amp;release=262.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Make trusted solutions from your existing analytics assets, flows, and other features using the App Template Framework Developer Guide. Then package and distribute the template to your customers to drive their business action. This app development and management framework is purpose-built on Data 360, Tableau Next, and the Salesforce Platform. This guide instructs developers on how to customize app orchestration and add runtime rules, variables, and built-in installation wizards after template generation with the template builder.">Accelerate Tableau Next Custom Development with the App Template Framework</a></p>
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#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Release Notes_: Spring ‘26 Tableau Next Features Released by Month](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_features_released_by_month.htm&release=260&language=en_US)
- [_Salesforce Release Notes_: Winter ‘26 Tableau Next Features Released by Month](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_features_released_by_month.htm&release=258&language=en_US)
- [_Salesforce Release Notes_: Summer ‘25 Tableau Next Features Released by Month](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=release-notes.rn_tua_features_released_by_month.htm&release=256&language=en_US)