Saved content, sharing & reuse · Building and maintaining assets
Which BI tools let you search colleagues' saved work?
13 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs, and 2 partly.
Yes: Databricks, Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, Alteryx, MotherDuck, Mode. Partly: Redshift, Streamlit.
The question we asked: Can permitted users find colleagues' saved analytical assets through workspace-wide browse or search?
Grading standard
Permitted users can browse or search across the workspace for saved analytical assets created by colleagues, including AI-created work.
Databricks
Yes
Quoted from Databricks’s docsListing pages show the assets that have been shared with you and provide options to filter and browse them.
Source: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie-one · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Snowflake
Yes
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsWith Universal Search, you can find objects in your account, data products available to you in the Snowflake Marketplace, relevant Snowflake Documentation topics, and relevant Snowflake Community Knowledge Base articles, all from the Snowsight home page.
Source: docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/ui-snowsight-universal-search · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Gemini
Omni
Yes
Quoted from Omni’s docsContent search provides powerful filtering capabilities to help you quickly find specific content in your Omni instance.
Source: docs.omni.co/content/search · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Hex
Yes
Quoted from Hex’s docsWorkspace search allows you to search your workspace to easily find projects and components.
Source: learn.hex.tech/docs/organize-content/workspace-search · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Sigma
Yes
Quoted from Sigma’s docsUse global search in Sigma to locate content in your organization, including:
Source: help.sigmacomputing.com/docs/search-in-sigma · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
BigQuery
Yes
Quoted from BigQuery’s docsUsers with the dataform.repositories.list permission—which is included in standard BigQuery roles such as BigQuery Job User, BigQuery Studio User, and BigQuery User—can see all code assets in the Explorer panel of the Google Cloud project, regardless of whether they created these assets or these assets were shared with them.
Source: docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/data-canvas · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Looker
Yes
Quoted from Looker’s docsFind saved content on your Looker instance: Gemini in Looker's content search moves beyond keyword matching to understand the conceptual meaning of your search queries, letting you search using business terms or analytical questions (for example, "total customer acquisition cost").
Source: cloud.google.com/looker/docs/gemini-overview-looker · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Tableau
Yes
Quoted from Tableau’s docsSearch can retrieve all the content that is available on your Site and in your Personal Space, but it will only show the content that you have access to view.
Source: help.tableau.com/current/pro/desktop/en-us/search.htm · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Power BI
Yes
Quoted from Power BI’s docsSearch governed data assets across your organization.
Source: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/explore-reports/end-user-experience · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Gemini
Metabase
Yes
Quoted from Metabase’s docsSearches consider items' titles, descriptions, and other metadata — you can even search the contents of your SQL queries.
Source: www.metabase.com/docs/latest/exploration-and-organization/exploration · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Alteryx
Yes
Quoted from Alteryx’s docsUse the search to find supported assets and resources across Alteryx One.
Source: help.alteryx.com/aac/en/platform/alteryx-one-app/global-app-bar.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Gemini
MotherDuck
Yes
Quoted from MotherDuck’s docsThis view makes it easier to find Dives created by others in your team.
Source: motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/dives · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Mode
Yes
Quoted from Mode’s docsTo easily navigate to Reports, Datasets, and Collections in Mode, click the magnifying glass icon in the top right to use the search bar, or use the keyboard shortcut (Cmd/Ctrl + K).
Source: mode.com/help/articles/collaboration-and-discovery · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Redshift
Partly
Quoted from Redshift’s docs- You can view queries that are My queries, Shared by me, or Shared to my team. These queries can appear as individual queries or within folders you created.
Source: docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/query-editor-v2-save-queries.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Streamlit
Partly
Quoted from Streamlit’s docsIf you are joining someone else's workspace you may already see some apps.
Source: docs.streamlit.io/deploy/streamlit-community-cloud/get-started/explore-your-workspace · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude