# Tableau Next Consultant Study Guide *Last updated November 13, 2026 ยท https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant* The Certifyforce Tableau Next Consultant study guide covers the official Salesforce Tableau Next Consultant exam outline in 21 units across all 6 exam sections, one unit per exam-guide topic. The exam itself has 60 scored questions plus 5 unscored, a 105-minute limit and a 65% passing score, and its largest section is Agentic Experiences at 25%. Every unit is verified against official Salesforce documentation, cites its sources, and links to the practice questions that test it. ## Contents ### Data Setup (20% of the exam) - [Semantic model components, relationships and testing](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/data-setup/semantic-model-components-relationships-and-testing): What a Tableau Next semantic model contains, how to build one from Data 360 objects, an existing model or a Tableau published data source, how relationships and logical views combine objects, how to design labels and metrics for analytics agents, and how Test Model checks the result. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/data-setup/semantic-model-components-relationships-and-testing)) - [Data 360 data streams, DLOs and data kits](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/data-setup/data-360-data-streams-dlos-and-data-kits): How the Data 360 data that Tableau Next analyzes is ingested and managed: data stream settings and edits, reusing and keeping data lake objects, packaging streams and data models in data kits, and how streaming transforms delete records. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/data-setup/data-360-data-streams-dlos-and-data-kits)) - [Ingestion routes, batch transforms and federation costs](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/data-setup/ingestion-routes-batch-transforms-and-federation-costs): How to pick a Tableau Next ingestion route (file upload, Salesforce Connections, Google Drive, accelerated database connections), the file limits and refresh rules for each, what Tableau Next batch data transforms can and can't do, how DLOs relate to data spaces, and which processing is unmetered or consumes credits. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/data-setup/ingestion-routes-batch-transforms-and-federation-costs)) ### Agentic Experiences (25% of the exam) - [Draft with Einstein, Suggest Relationships and Data Pro](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/draft-with-einstein-suggest-relationships-and-data-pro): How Tableau Next's generative AI authoring tools build semantic model components: Draft with Einstein for calculated fields, AI Semantic Description Generator (Beta) for descriptions, Suggest Relationships for key-based joins, and Semantic Modeling (Beta, formerly Data Pro) for generating and refining whole models through conversation. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/draft-with-einstein-suggest-relationships-and-data-pro)) - [Analytics Agent Readiness and semantic model optimization](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/analytics-agent-readiness-and-semantic-model-optimization): How to mark a semantic model ready for the Analytics Agent (Tableau Agent), set Primary Name Fields, respect the model features agents support, and use Semantic Model AI Optimization (Beta) and Similar Meanings (Beta) to find and fix description gaps, disconnected objects and ambiguous definitions. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/analytics-agent-readiness-and-semantic-model-optimization)) - [Tableau Agent conversational analytics and calibration](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/tableau-agent-conversational-analytics-and-calibration): How the Analytics Agent (Tableau Agent with the Data Analysis subagent) answers questions through semantic queries, which models it searches, what context and question types it supports, and how Q&A Calibration (Beta) and Business Preferences tune its answers. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/tableau-agent-conversational-analytics-and-calibration)) - [Metric alerts, data alerts and autonomous insights](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/metric-alerts-data-alerts-and-autonomous-insights): How Tableau Next delivers proactive intelligence: the four scheduled metric alert types, custom data alerts created with Agentforce or Tableau Next MCP, managing and delivering alerts, the Data Alert Management subagent setup, and autonomous insights that an assigned agent sends without predefined conditions. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/agentic-experiences/metric-alerts-data-alerts-and-autonomous-insights)) ### Embedding, Cross-Cloud, & Interoperability (20% of the exam) - [CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge to semantic models](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/crm-analytics-metadata-bridge-to-semantic-models): How the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge turns the recipes and dataflows behind CRM Analytics dashboards into Data 360 objects and a Tableau Next semantic model, what each step of the new and extend flows controls, and what the bridge does not migrate. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/crm-analytics-metadata-bridge-to-semantic-models)) - [Lightning, Slack and web app embedding surfaces](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/lightning-slack-and-web-app-embedding-surfaces): Where Tableau Next metrics, dashboards and visualizations appear outside the Tableau Next app: Lightning App Builder components and their filters, Slack message previews, side panes and canvas cards, and the Embedding SDK route for external web apps. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/lightning-slack-and-web-app-embedding-surfaces)) - [Marketplace packages, app templates and included apps](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/marketplace-packages-app-templates-and-included-apps): How Tableau Next shortens time to value with AgentExchange packages in Marketplace, Salesforce-provided and custom app templates, the App Hub for running and troubleshooting installed apps, and ready-made offerings such as Agent Analytics and the C360 Semantic Model. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/marketplace-packages-app-templates-and-included-apps)) - [REST API, Embedding SDK, CLI and MCP Server](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/rest-api-embedding-sdk-cli-and-mcp-server): Which Tableau Next developer tool fits a requirement and how each is set up: the REST API with External Client App tokens, the Embedding SDK with Frontdoor URLs, filters and the agent component, the Salesforce CLI orchestrator plugin for templates, and the GA and Beta Tableau Next MCP servers. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/embedding-cross-cloud-and-interoperability/rest-api-embedding-sdk-cli-and-mcp-server)) ### Basic Setup & Admin (10% of the exam) - [Enabling Tableau Next, guided setup and feature settings](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/basic-setup-and-admin/enabling-tableau-next-guided-setup-and-feature-settings): How Tableau Next is switched on: supported editions, Data 360 provisioning, the guided setup steps and what Connect Standard Objects builds, then the feature settings an admin manages afterwards (Metric Insight Summaries, Slack, Semantics AI and Auditing) and why the generative AI step can wait. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/basic-setup-and-admin/enabling-tableau-next-guided-setup-and-feature-settings)) - [Licenses, permission sets and record-level security](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/basic-setup-and-admin/licenses-permission-sets-and-record-level-security): How a Tableau Next user gets access: the license and permission set pairs (Unmetered and Legacy) with their Data 360 companions, how admins provision existing users, and how record-level security works through guided setup, Data 360 policies, zero-copy DLOs and Tableau published data sources. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/basic-setup-and-admin/licenses-permission-sets-and-record-level-security)) - [Tableau Agent setup, agent access and Slack](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/basic-setup-and-admin/tableau-agent-setup-agent-access-and-slack): How an admin activates agentic analytics: the guided setup AI features step, the manual Tableau Agent prerequisites and settings (including home and companion orgs), building a V2 agent in Agentforce Studio, granting Agent Access, the permissions each task needs, the LLM model mode, and bringing the agent into Slack. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/basic-setup-and-admin/tableau-agent-setup-agent-access-and-slack)) ### Visualizations & Dashboards (15% of the exam) - [Dashboard widgets, filter inputs and query cache](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/dashboard-widgets-filter-inputs-and-query-cache): How Tableau Next dashboard widgets receive filters and parameters, start from dynamic defaults, narrate and embed metrics, apply conditional formatting and reuse cached queries, plus exploring, re-pointing and predicting with the visualizations they show. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/dashboard-widgets-filter-inputs-and-query-cache)) - [Dashboard button actions: Navigate To and flows](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/dashboard-button-actions-navigate-to-and-flows): How single-click actions on Tableau Next dashboard buttons and containers navigate to URLs, dashboards and pages or run screen and autolaunched flows with mapped inputs, which action combinations one widget allows, and which access checks explain failures. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/dashboard-button-actions-navigate-to-and-flows)) - [Dashboard layout, styling and chart types](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/dashboard-layout-styling-and-chart-types): How Tableau Next dashboards keep and override visualization formatting, arrange widgets with grids, Reflow, pages and the Navigation widget, reuse widgets and their styles, follow org themes, and use grouped tables, donut KPIs and radial line charts. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/dashboard-layout-styling-and-chart-types)) - [Visualization field actions and Salesforce actions](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/visualization-field-actions-and-salesforce-actions): How authors add Navigate to and Salesforce Action field actions to Tableau Next visualizations, build dynamic URLs, pick the record ID and up to five actions, and why a given user does or does not see an action when clicking a blue field label. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/visualizations-and-dashboards/visualization-field-actions-and-salesforce-actions)) ### Managing Workspaces & Orgs (10% of the exam) - [Personal Org (Exploratory Org) setup and ownership](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/managing-workspaces-and-orgs/personal-org-exploratory-org-setup-and-ownership): How admins enable, create, staff and delete Personal Orgs (now Exploratory Orgs), the limits on how many can exist and who can own them, what analysts can reuse from production, and what owners, Editors and Viewers can do in a shared workspace. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/managing-workspaces-and-orgs/personal-org-exploratory-org-setup-and-ownership)) - [Sharing workspaces and assets with roles and groups](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/managing-workspaces-and-orgs/sharing-workspaces-and-assets-with-roles-and-groups): How Tableau Next assets are shared: viewer, editor and owner roles, users and analytics groups, general access and how it combines with individual roles, removing access and copying links, and why sharing never grants data access or overrides permission sets. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/managing-workspaces-and-orgs/sharing-workspaces-and-assets-with-roles-and-groups)) - [Promoting and deploying Tableau Next assets](https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/managing-workspaces-and-orgs/promoting-and-deploying-tableau-next-assets): How Tableau Next assets move between orgs: promotion requests from Exploratory Orgs in Task Manager (guided or Salesforce CLI flow), sandbox deployment with change sets, data kits or the CLI for home and companion orgs, release-version rules, and manifest files. ([markdown](https://www.certifyforce.com/md/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant/managing-workspaces-and-orgs/promoting-and-deploying-tableau-next-assets)) ## Common questions about the Tableau Next Consultant study guide ### Is the Tableau Next Consultant study guide free? Partly. Every unit's summary and its "What the exam expects", "Key facts" and "Check yourself" sections are free to read without an account. The "Core concepts", "Exam traps" and "Worked scenario" sections, reading progress and unlimited timed mock exams come with the Tableau Next Consultant pack (USD $19). ### How current is the Tableau Next Consultant study guide? It is written to the current official Salesforce Tableau Next Consultant exam outline, and each unit is checked against Salesforce documentation before it is published. ### How does the study guide map to the official Tableau Next Consultant exam guide? There is one unit per topic in the official exam guide, grouped under its 6 weighted sections: Data Setup (20%), Agentic Experiences (25%), Embedding, Cross-Cloud, & Interoperability (20%), Basic Setup & Admin (10%), Visualizations & Dashboards (15%), Managing Workspaces & Orgs (10%). Each unit quotes the exam objective it covers word for word. ### How do the practice questions link to the study guide? Each unit lists the reviewed practice questions that test it (300 questions are linked across the guide), so you can read a topic and practice it in one click. After a practice exam, every missed question links back to the unit that teaches it.