Saved content, sharing & reuse · Building and maintaining assets
Which BI tools' AI can build dashboards?
10 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs, and 4 partly.
Yes: Databricks, Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, Alteryx, MotherDuck. Partly: BigQuery, Looker, Mode, Redshift.
The question we asked: Can the built-in assistant build persistent, governed BI content?
Grading standard
The assistant builds persistent BI content with an owner, permissions and a live governed data source. Analyst work only (a notebook, a SQL file) is partly.
Databricks
Yes
Quoted from Databricks’s docsDescribe a dashboard in natural language, and the agent plans the work, builds it, and refines it with you, from finding data to laying out finished pages.
Source: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/manage/dashboard-agent · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Snowflake
Yes
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsThe saved artifact preserves the underlying query, visualization specification, and a cached snapshot generated with the viewer’s credentials.
Source: docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/snowflake-cortex/snowflake-cowork/artifacts · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Omni
Yes
Quoted from Omni’s docsAsk the agent directly to build a dashboard — describe the dashboard you want in the chat and the agent plans the layout, generates queries, and publishes a complete dashboard:
Source: docs.omni.co/ai/chat · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Hex
Yes
Quoted from Hex’s docsThe Notebook agent can create and edit the layout of your published app, as well as publish the app for you.
Source: learn.hex.tech/docs/explore-data/notebook-view/notebook-agent · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Sigma
Yes
Quoted from Sigma’s docsBuild dashboards with charts, tables, KPIs, and filters to visualize and explore your data.
Source: help.sigmacomputing.com/docs/use-ai-to-build-dashboards-and-apps · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
BigQuery
Partly
Quoted from BigQuery’s docsAs the plan runs, generated code and text appear in the notebook.
Source: docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/colab-data-science-agent · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Looker
Partlypreview
Quoted from Looker’s docsGemini suggests LookML parameters that are based on a natural language prompt, which you can add to your project files.
Source: cloud.google.com/looker/docs/gemini-overview-looker · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Tableau
Yes
Quoted from Tableau’s docsAfter Tableau Agent creates the viz, you can interact and modify it, just like if an analyst built and shared a viz with you.
Source: help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/web_author_einstein.htm · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Power BI
Yes
Quoted from Power BI’s docsCopilot generates a report page based on your request.
Source: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/copilot-create-reports · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Metabase
Yes
Quoted from Metabase’s docsQuestions that are created directly in the document (either through Metabot or by creating a new question via the Chart command) are saved to the document itself and don't appear in your collections.
Source: www.metabase.com/docs/latest/documents/introduction · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Alteryx
Yes
Quoted from Alteryx’s docsSelect a dataset, and Auto Insights will generate use cases based on the type of data available in the selected dataset. You can then choose a use case, and Auto Insights will generate a Custom Report based on the use case and the chosen dataset.
Source: help.alteryx.com/aac/en/auto-insights/find-insights/reports.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
MotherDuck
Yes
Quoted from MotherDuck’s docsUse the agent chat to edit a Dive or build a new one in natural language.
Source: motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/ai-and-motherduck/agent-chat · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Mode
Partly
Quoted from Mode’s docsWe can insert this code to run the SQL and use the results.
Source: mode.com/help/articles/ai-assist · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Redshift
Partly
Quoted from Redshift’s docsChoose Add to notebook to add a Markdown cell with your prompt and a SQL cell with the suggested SQL to your notebook.
Source: docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/query-editor-v2-generative-ai-interact.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Streamlit