Shared definitions · Building and maintaining assets
Which BI tools' AI can change shared definitions?
8 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs, and 2 partly.
Yes: Databricks, Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, Looker, Tableau, Power BI. Partly: BigQuery, Metabase.
The question we asked: Can the built-in assistant change your shared definitions?
Grading standard
yes: the built-in assistant can create or edit metrics, dimensions or joins in the shared definition layer. Writing descriptions or documentation for existing definitions only is partly.
Databricks
Yes
Quoted from Databricks’s docsGenie Code creates Unity Catalog metric views, and reuses existing Unity Catalog metric views that already match your data model.
Source: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/dashboards/manage/import-bi · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Snowflake
Yes
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsInstead of writing a YAML specification by hand, you describe what you want and Autopilot generates the logical tables, relationships, and metrics for you.
Source: docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/views-semantic/autopilot · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Omni
Yes
Quoted from Omni’s docsNew dimensions and measures — define calculated fields that came up in the conversation
Source: docs.omni.co/ai/learn-from-conversation · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Hex
Yespreview
Quoted from Hex’s docsThe agent can generate new models and views from scratch or edit existing resources with incremental changes.
Source: learn.hex.tech/docs/connect-to-data/semantic-models/semantic-authoring/semantic-authori... · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Sigma
Yes
Quoted from Sigma’s docsSigma’s formula assistant uses AI to write new formulas, correct formula errors, and explain existing formulas applied to elements in workbooks and data models.
Source: help.sigmacomputing.com/docs/use-ai-with-formulas · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
BigQuery
Partly
Quoted from BigQuery’s docsYou can review, edit, and publish these descriptions to Knowledge Catalog to improve data discoverability and documentation.
Source: docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/data-insights · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Looker
Yespreview
Quoted from Looker’s docsThis documentation page describes how to use Gemini assistance to create dimensions, dimension groups, and measures, in a LookML project.
Source: cloud.google.com/looker/docs/write-lookml-gemini · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Tableau
Yes
Quoted from Tableau’s docsSemantic Model Curation helps you get relationship suggestions and create relationships in Tableau Semantics.
Source: help.tableau.com/current/tableau-next/en-us/tableau_next_setup_guide_enable_tua_ai.htm · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Power BI
Yespreview
Quoted from Power BI’s docsCreate, update, and manage tables, columns, measures, and relationships by using natural language
Source: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/transform-model/copilot-web-modeling · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Metabase
Partly
Quoted from Metabase’s docsYou can even ask Metabot to write descriptions for you.
Source: www.metabase.com/docs/latest/ai/settings · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Alteryx
MotherDuck
Mode
Redshift
Streamlit