# CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge to semantic models

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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.

- Certification: Salesforce Tableau Next Consultant
- Exam section: Embedding, Cross-Cloud, & Interoperability
- Study guide: https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/tableau-next-consultant

**Official exam objective:**

> Understand how Tableau Next integrates with Salesforce analytics platforms.

## What the exam expects

- Recognise when the bridge fits reuse of CRM Analytics dashboard data, and what it needs to run.
- Put the bridge's steps in order and pick the control that scopes each step (dashboards, recipes and dataflows, DLOs, DMOs, workspace).
- Judge the impact of adding fields to an existing DLO and of leaving sources unmapped.
- Explain what the bridge does not migrate and where to review calculated-field results.
- Plan an extend run: what happens to the base model and which data space rules apply.

Key terms:
- **CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge:** a guided Setup flow that builds or extends a semantic model from CRM Analytics dashboards.
- **DLO (data lake object):** the Data 360 object that stores ingested source data.
- **DMO (data model object):** the Data 360 object that maps DLO data into a reusable model structure.
- **Semantic model:** the metadata layer that metrics, visualizations and Tableau Agent query.

## Key facts

| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Run permissions | Data Cloud Architect, Tableau Next Admin and CRM Analytics Admin permission sets | [Bridge prerequisites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_prereqs.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |
| Required setting | Data Pro - Semantic Model Curation (Beta), under Administration, Settings in Tableau Next | [Bridge prerequisites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_prereqs.htm&type=5&language=en_US); [Set Up Tableau Agent](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin_enable_agentforce_templates.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |
| Unmapped source at DLO step | Excluded from the generated semantic model | [Map fields and generate DLOs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_map_fields_dlo.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |
| Field added with Add All | Removable only from the DLO in Data 360 | [Map fields and generate DLOs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_map_fields_dlo.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |
| Failure reasons | Notes column of View Generation Details | [Calculated field results](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_review_download_calculated_field_results.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |
| Dataflows | Active version only; schedules not carried over; no composite keys | [Metadata Bridge overview](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |
| Numeric bucket range | Includes the start value, excludes the end value | [Recipe buckets as calculated fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_buckets_as_calculated_fields.htm&type=5&language=en_US) |

## Check yourself

- Why does a generated model show "Annual Revenue" rather than the API-style field name?
- When do the calculated fields the bridge generates consume Agentforce credits?
- What can you do about a relationship loop among source objects during generation?
- When every object chosen in an extend run is already in the base, what does generation produce?

## Sources

- [Create and Extend Semantic Models with the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge Prerequisites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_prereqs.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Start the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge and Select Your Data](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_generate_from_recipe.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Map Fields and Generate Data Lake Objects](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_map_fields_dlo.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Map Fields and Generate Data Model Objects](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_map_fields_dmo.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Generate Your Semantic Model](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_generate_semantic_model.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [View Semantic Model History](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analtyics_metadata_bridge_history.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Review and Download Calculated Field Results](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_review_download_calculated_field_results.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [CRM Analytics Recipe Buckets as Calculated Fields](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_buckets_as_calculated_fields.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Extend an Existing Semantic Model with the CRM Analytics Metadata Bridge](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_extend_semantic_model.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Review Objects in the Base Semantic Model](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_extend_review_existing.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Generate the Extended Semantic Model](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.bi_analytics_metadata_bridge_extend_generate.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [Set Up Tableau Agent in Tableau Next](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=analytics.tua_admin_enable_agentforce_templates.htm&type=5&language=en_US)

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