Ask and analyze · Analysis
Which BI tools' AI answers follow-up questions?
13 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs, and 1 partly.
Yes: Databricks, Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, Alteryx, MotherDuck, Redshift. Partly: Mode.
The question we asked: Can you refine the answer by carrying on the conversation?
Grading standard
The assistant holds the thread, so you can say “now split that by region” and it knows what you are referring to.
Databricks
Yes
Quoted from Databricks’s docsEach conversation thread maintains its context, letting you build on previous questions.
Source: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie-agents/talk-to-genie · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Snowflake
Yes
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsWhen the report is ready, it stays in context for the rest of the thread, so follow-up questions such as “break that down by region” run as standard chat turns without restarting the research.
Source: docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/snowflake-cortex/snowflake-cowork · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Omni
Yes
Quoted from Omni’s docsIterate on the questions you ask to provide a more refined result. For example:
Source: docs.omni.co/ai/queries · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Hex
Yes
Quoted from Hex’s docsOf course, users can also ask follow up questions in their threads to tweak results.
Source: learn.hex.tech/docs/explore-data/threads · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Sigma
Yes
Quoted from Sigma’s docsYou can continue to ask follow-up questions to refine your analysis or understanding of the data source.
Source: help.sigmacomputing.com/docs/ask-natural-language-queries-with-assistant · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
BigQuery
Yes
Quoted from BigQuery’s docsContinues a stateful conversation by sending a chat message that references an existing conversation and its associated agent context.
Source: docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/data-agents/conversational-analytics-api/overview · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Looker
Yes
Quoted from Looker’s docsConversational Analytics will take previous questions and answers into account as you continue the conversation.
Source: cloud.google.com/looker/docs/conversational-analytics-looker-data · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Tableau
Yes
Quoted from Tableau’s docsWhen you type a question or request into the conversation pane, a combined prompt consisting of the user's input, metadata describing the current state of the viz (web authoring), or Tableau Prep flow, and historical context from the conversation pane flow through the Einstein Trust Layer to the LLM.
Source: help.tableau.com/current/tableau/en-us/tableau_gai_einstein_trust.htm · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Power BI
Yes
Quoted from Power BI’s docsCopilot also responds to follow-up requests based on what you already asked in your current session.
Source: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/create-reports/copilot-ask-data-question · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Metabase
Yes
Quoted from Metabase’s docsMetabot remembers the context of a thread.
Source: www.metabase.com/docs/latest/ai/metabot-slack · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Alteryx
Yes
Quoted from Alteryx’s docsUpdate the workflow with follow-up requests, such as adding a filter or sorting the results.
Source: help.alteryx.com/aac/en/ask-alteryx/ask-alteryx-in-alteryx-one.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
MotherDuck
Yes
Quoted from MotherDuck’s docs- One conversation per Dive. Sessions are scoped to a specific Dive. Each one has its own chat.
Source: motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/ai-and-motherduck/agent-chat · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Mode
Partly
Quoted from Mode’s docsOne of the primary benefits of the workflow is the ability to integrate natural language seamlessly into SQL code you've already written to quickly iterate.
Source: mode.com/help/articles/ai-assist · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Redshift
Yes
Quoted from Redshift’s docsIteratively ask follow-up questions to get more detailed analysis from the assistant.
Source: docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/query-editor-v2-generative-ai.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Streamlit
No
Quoted from Streamlit’s docs- Finally, we'll Build a ChatGPT-like app that leverages session state to remember conversational context, all within less than 50 lines of code.
Source: docs.streamlit.io/develop/tutorials/chat-and-llm-apps/build-conversational-apps · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT