Administration & observability · Reliability and controls
Which BI tools can hold AI changes for approval?
1 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs, and 13 partly.
Yes: Databricks. Partly: Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, Alteryx, MotherDuck, Mode, Streamlit.
The question we asked: Can the built-in assistant’s change to a governed analytical asset be held for human approval before it takes effect?
yes: the built-in assistant's change to governed BI content or shared definitions is held until a named person or role approves it, or a policy routes the assistant's write to an approver who is a different person or role from whoever asked. A prompt shown only to the requester is partly. A draft the same user later publishes, or a general publishing workflow the assistant is not documented to enter, is partly. A user accepting or rejecting the assistant's suggestion to their own work is not approval.
Databricks
Quoted from Databricks’s docsPositive feedback on responses that join tables or use SQL expressions can prompt Genie to suggest new SQL snippets (such as measures, joins, or filters) to agent managers for review and approval.
Snowflake
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsCortex Code pauses at key checkpoints for your review and approval.
Omni
Quoted from Omni’s docsWrites changes, then pauses for your approval before continuing.
Hex
Quoted from Hex’s docsWhen publishing changes to a project, editors can request a review from another user.
Sigma
Quoted from Sigma’s docsWhen you access a workbook draft, Sigma Assistant can operate in one of two specialized modes: plan or build.
BigQuery
Quoted from BigQuery’s docs- To place the data agent in draft mode, which you can re-edit later, click arrow_back Go back to return to the Agent Catalog page. Because your agent is now in draft mode, it appears in the My draft agents section on the Agent Catalog tab.
Looker
Quoted from Looker’s docsOn your Looker instance, enable Development Mode.
Tableau
Quoted from Tableau’s docsAs soon as you start making changes to a new or existing workbook, we'll start to autosave the changes to a private draft version of your workbook.
Power BI
Quoted from Power BI’s docsBefore responding to your first prompt, Copilot asks for your permission before reviewing your model or suggesting changes.
Metabase
Quoted from Metabase’s docsYou can sync Library content to version control, giving you change history and the ability to publish content across environments.
Alteryx
Quoted from Alteryx’s docsWaiting for Approval: The promotion request is awaiting review by an authorized user in the destination workspace.
MotherDuck
Quoted from MotherDuck’s docsCreating Dives through an AI agent is fast, but as your team relies on them for decision-making, you may want the same rigor you apply to production code: version history, code review, and automated deployments.
Mode
Quoted from Mode’s docsYou can create branches and open pull requests in GitHub as normal without affecting your reports in Mode until those branches are merged into the default branch.
Streamlit
Quoted from Streamlit’s docsYour edits do not affect your repository or deployed app until you commit those changes, which is explained in a later step.
Redshift