Tableau 2025.2 Released: Smarter Display, Spatial Parameters & AI-Driven Collaboration

In the era of Agentic AI, the gap between speed and slowness defines a company’s competitive edge. From the days of “drag-and-drop analysis” to today’s “AI-powered proactive analytics,” Tableau has consistently pushed boundaries to deliver smarter, more efficient data insights for users worldwide.

With the release of Tableau 2025.2, this vision becomes reality!

• Show Me 2.0 enables beginners to preview all chart types with one click, accelerating onboarding and unlocking freer exploration
• Dynamic color ranges and spatial parameters make outliers and map comparisons instantly visible
• Prep workflows now support on-the-fly ownership transfer and cancellable runs, supercharging data operations
• Features like Google Workspace add-ons and cloud session recovery streamline team collaboration
• Conversational metric filtering and smart summaries keep critical business data at your fingertips
• From intelligent trend forecasting to actionable insights and automated workflow triggers, “insight-to-action” is now within reach

But the highlights don’t end here. Before upgrading, let’s dive into Tableau 2025.2’s latest features~
Tableau Desktop

》Show Me 2.0

The beloved “Show Me” feature now shines brighter. Optimized for faster onboarding, all visualization types can be previewed directly without pre-selecting fields.

This update lowers the barrier for newcomers, allowing easier data exploration or letting Tableau recommend starting points.

》Dynamic Color Ranges

Tableau 2025.2 helps highlight key data despite outliers. Adjust color scales using parameters—no filtering needed—to keep focus on what matters most. Fast and flexible, this ensures clarity in every chart.

PS: Addresses user requests on Salesforce IdeaExchange for “global dynamic coloring.”

》Dynamic Spatial Parameters

New spatial parameters let you filter data via map interactions, sync mark sizes during zooming, and keep multiple maps synchronized without refreshes.

PS: Fulfills 1-3 user suggestions for “multi-map view sync” on Salesforce IdeaExchange.

》Databricks Connector Upgrade

The enhanced Databricks connector offers higher security (OAuth/refresh tokens) and optimized SQL queries for smoother connectivity, refreshes, and modeling.

》New Connectors on Tableau Exchange

CData Virtuality, MongoDB SQL Interface, MotherDuck/DuckDB, and StarRocks connectors are now available for enterprise deployment.

》macOS Sequoia Support

Tableau Desktop, Prep, and Public now run on macOS Sequoia. Report issues to Tableau Support.

Tableau Prep

》Flow Ownership Transfer

Admins or owners can reassign control mid-flow without waiting for completion. Cancel running flows anytime for agile management.

PS: Addresses “change flow ownership on Tableau Server” requests.

》I/O Destination Restrictions

Limit Prep users to trusted data sources/sinks. Use REST API to manage permissions and prevent leaks.

👉 Also includes: New Exchange connectors, Databricks upgrades, macOS Sequoia support.

Tableau Public

》Trusted Extensions

Safely test partner-developed viz extensions marked “Trusted” on Tableau Exchange.

PS: Responds to “Public viz extension support” requests.

》Manual Profile Categorization

Organize Public profile vizs into custom collections to showcase your style.

PS: Fulfills “Public project grouping” suggestions.

》Content Exploration Hub

Discover inspiring vizs, learning resources, and engage with the DataFam community.

》Creator Growth Tools

Track followers, viewer interactions, and explore creator profiles easily.

PS: Addresses “more follower metrics” requests.

👉 Also includes: Show Me 2.0, dynamic color ranges, macOS Sequoia support.

Tableau Cloud

》Multi-IdP SCIM Sync

Admins can now configure up to 20 IdPs per site for user/group provisioning via SCIM 2.0.

》Tableau Exchange + Cloud Integration

MotherDuck/DuckDB, dbt Semantic Layer, and StarRocks connectors now work with Tableau Bridge.

PS: Fulfills “read DuckDB embedded DB” requests.

》Single-Use Refresh Tokens

Enhances Box.com/Databricks OAuth security with auto-rotated tokens.

》Google Workspace Add-on

Embed vizs or Pulse metrics directly into Google Docs/Slides with native Tableau UI.

PS: Free for all Cloud users. Addresses “embed in Google Slides” requests.

》Session Recovery

Large vizs remain interactive offline. Reconnect seamlessly with a new status button.

》Admin Insights Expansion

Now available for Developer Program, Teaching, and Partner sites.

》Subscription Scheduling

View detailed schedules to optimize delivery times and reduce peak loads.

》Performance Insights Dashboard

Identify slow-loading dashboards with new built-in reports.

PS: Responds to “custom dashboard load stats” requests.

》Enhanced Activity Logs

New event types cover Private Connect, Recycle Bin, Prep Endpoints, and TabGPT changes.

》vizql_http_requests Logs

Monitor dashboard interactions in real-time for performance optimization.

PS: Launches July 2025. Addresses “view user filters” requests.

》React Embedding

Integrate Cloud content into custom React apps via NPM package.

》SCIM External Tokens

Use IdP-generated tokens instead of Tableau’s default SCIM bearer tokens.

》MFA Management

Admins can reset MFA authenticators across tenant sites.

》SAML RelayState

Direct users to specific vizs post-login via IdP RelayState parameters.

👉 Also includes: Show Me 2.0, dynamic color/spatial features, Databricks upgrades, flow ownership.

Tableau Next

As Salesforce’s next-gen AI-powered analytics platform, Tableau Next features are detailed separately.

》Concierge AI Assistant

Ask natural language questions to get actionable answers with visualized insights.

》Data Pro (Beta)

AI agent for accelerating data prep/modeling, with semantic model management features.

》Agent Analytics App (Pilot)

Monitor AI agent performance across support/sales use cases with out-of-box reports.

》Next Workspaces

Unified interface for reusing assets and streamlining analysis workflows.

》Slack Integration

Share live metrics/dashboards in Slack channels, DMs, or Canvases.

》Salesforce Mobile Support

Get mobile alerts for metric changes and drill into performance drivers.

》Goal Tracking

Visualize progress with trend forecasts, ETA, and confidence intervals.

》Metric Record Tables

View underlying records impacting metrics without leaving Salesforce.

》Dynamic Time Ranges

Compare metrics across custom periods with auto-generated NL summaries.

》System Event Notifications

Get alerts when added as metric followers or for key collaboration events.

》Analytics Asset Sharing

Simplified permission management for workspaces, vizs, dashboards, and semantic models.

》Time Series Forecasting

Generate forecasts using Ridge regression and Holt-Winters models with just a measure + date.

》Embeddable Dashboards/Metrics

Embed into Salesforce Lightning pages with contextual filters via Lightning App Builder.

》Actionable Insights

Configure actions to link viz data to Salesforce records or dynamic URLs.

》Salesforce Flow Triggers

Launch Flows directly from vizs using selected records as inputs.

》Semantic Learning

Continuously improve AI agent accuracy by expanding knowledge bases through Q&A.

》Data Lake Object Support

Build semantic models directly on files without Data Model Objects.

》Shared Dimensions

Reuse dimensions across fact tables for flexible, scalable semantic models.

Tableau Pulse

(Built into Tableau Cloud; features may not launch in 2025.2)

》Enhanced Q&A: Metric Filtering

Use natural language to analyze dimensions and compare metrics conversationally.

PS: Addresses “Pulse metric filtering” requests.

》Multilingual Q&A

Ask questions in your preferred language regardless of site/data language settings.

PS: Fulfills “Pulse multilingual support” requests.

》Custom Calendars

Align analyses with fiscal/operational calendars beyond Gregorian standards.

》Instant Email Alerts

Receive urgent metric alerts (max 1/day) even with weekly/monthly digest settings.

》Metric Certification

Green badges identify trusted, recommended metrics in Pulse.

》Custom Decimal Places

Manually adjust metric value precision.

》Custom Date Comparisons

Compare metrics against specific dates (not just time ranges).

》Mute Secondary Metrics

Hide less critical metrics from insight summaries while continuing to track them.

》Threshold Tracking

Monitor metrics against custom thresholds (not just period-end goals).

》Mobile Filtering

Apply dimension filters to Pulse metrics in the Tableau Mobile app.

》Mobile Follower Management

Manage metric followers on mobile to streamline sharing.