Tableau Next helps turn your data into results

Too often, data remains underutilized: it is fragmented, outdated, or sitting in a user interface far away from the employee who needs it. In that situation, it cannot influence day-to-day decision-making or improve performance.

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Data is worthless if it doesn’t change behavior

Even though companies have more data, metrics, and dashboards than ever before, in many organizations data still isn’t doing the work. It may be visible, but it is not actively used in daily decision-making—let alone in operational workflows. Common reasons include:

• Data still lives in separate systems (customer data, sales, marketing, production, billing, customer service, etc.), leaving the overall view incomplete.
• Reports may be outdated, not real-time, or not relevant to the employee’s role or situation.
• Tools produce beautiful charts, but lack guidance and actions. What should the employee do next?
• From the employee’s perspective, data is not available where work happens. A salesperson may need to jump into a separate BI tool or wait for an analyst to deliver a report.

This gap between data that’s merely displayed and data that’s truly activated is the critical challenge. Data must be activated—turned into insight that can be used to guide decisions.

This means that data must be in the right format (unified, trusted, understandable), at the right moment (when the employee is making a decision), and in the right place (inside the tools the employee already uses—not hidden in a BI system or an email attachment).

Tableau Next belongs in every Salesforce environment

Tableau Next is Salesforce’s redesigned analytics platform. Its core capabilities can be summarized in three pillars: a unified data layer, agentic analytics, and an API-first/customizable architecture.

• Unified data layer: Tableau Next is built on Salesforce Data 360 (formerly Data Cloud), meaning data—whether from sales, marketing, service or beyond—can be unified, semantically enriched, and delivered consistently. Data can be brought in from Salesforce products as well as external systems.
• Agentic analytics: Tableau Next embraces the concept of “agentic analytics”—a model where users don’t simply browse dashboards, but instead collaborate with AI agents. Employees can ask natural-language questions and get deeper insights without relying on data analysts.
• API-first and customizable architecture: Tableau Next provides open APIs, components, and integration options, allowing it to adapt to a wide range of business processes and user interfaces.

All this means that if your organization operates on Salesforce—whether with Agentforce Sales (formerly Sales Cloud), Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud or other products—Tableau Next is the natural extension that transforms analytics into concrete actions and real activation.

Activated data leads to better decisions—and better outcomes

Data activation is not just a technical project. It is a transformation process that requires an organization to:

• Unify its data: Different sources and systems must be translated into a shared semantic layer that the analytics platform (like Tableau Next) can use consistently.
• Bring insights directly to employees: When the insight reaches the exact point where work happens, it becomes a practical tool—not just a dashboard.
• Connect analytics to actions: Tableau Next’s agentic analytics can suggest what should be done—or even initiate actions (e.g., store prioritization, stock replenishment, customer segmentation). In our view, this action layer is becoming a core differentiator.
• Build a culture where data is an active resource: Not a monthly report, but continuous analysis → learning → response. Tableau Next’s architecture supports this shift.
• Train teams to use agentic analytics: While the technology is new, real impact comes when employees know how to leverage AI agents’ insights and recommendations.

If you want your data not just to exist but to act—and if you want analytics to move beyond dashboards into employee workflows—then Tableau Next is key. This is not just a “BI upgrade”; it represents a new stage of analytics where data activation, agentic analytics, and integrated architecture combine into a true operational engine.

We’re here to help you unify your data, build organizational readiness, and deploy the technology. Get in touch and let’s explore how Tableau Next can transform your entire data-to-action lifecycle.