Business context · Context and connections

Which analytics tools let you teach the AI about your business?

14 of 15 tools do, according to their public docs.

Yes: Databricks, Snowflake, Omni, Hex, Sigma, BigQuery, Looker, Tableau, Power BI, Metabase, Alteryx, MotherDuck, Mode, Redshift.

The question we asked: Can you teach the AI about your business?

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Grading standard

Somewhere to write down what the schema does not say: which customers count as active, which of the three revenue tables is authoritative, what finance means by bookings. The AI reads it before answering.

Databricks

Yes
Quoted from Databricks’s docsClick the Text tab to write plain text instructions that help Genie understand how to respond to specific questions about your business.
Source: docs.databricks.com/aws/en/genie-agents/tune-quality · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Snowflake

Yes
Quoted from Snowflake’s docsCurrently, Cortex Agents reads the information captured in the semantic view definition and generates the SQL against the physical tables directly.
Source: docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/views-semantic/overview · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Gemini
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Omni

Yes
Quoted from Omni’s docsFor example, if you tell the AI that "revenue should only include orders with status Complete, Shipped, or Processing," the AI can learn that rule and encode it into the model as field descriptions, ai_context, synonyms, or new field definitions.
Source: docs.omni.co/ai/learn-from-conversation · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Hex

Yes
Quoted from Hex’s docsWorkspace context is a single text file that the Hex Agent reads in every conversation.
Source: learn.hex.tech/docs/agent-management/context-management/guides · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Sigma

Yes
Quoted from Sigma’s docsAdd organization-specific context, such as the fiscal year quarters that your organization uses to conduct business or the names of subsidiary organizations.
Source: help.sigmacomputing.com/docs/build-agents · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes (preview)

BigQuery

Yes
Quoted from BigQuery’s docs- Context. A data agent for sales analysis can be configured to understand that "top performers" refers to sales representatives with the highest revenue, rather than just the most closed deals.
Source: docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/conversational-analytics · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by GPT
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Looker

Yes
Quoted from Looker’s docsBusiness glossaries: You can define organization-specific jargon or acronyms directly within the agent's instructions.
Source: cloud.google.com/looker/docs/conversational-analytics-overview · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Tableau

Yes
Quoted from Tableau’s docsBusiness preferences are natural-language instructions that explain organization-specific logic, terminology, and how your organization uses data.
Source: help.tableau.com/current/online/en-us/tableau_knowledge_about.htm · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Power BI

Yespreview
Quoted from Power BI’s docsAI instructions allow semantic model authors to provide context, business logic, and specific guidance directly on a semantic model.
Claude yes (preview) · GPT yes (preview) · Gemini yes (preview)

Metabase

Yes
Quoted from Metabase’s docsAdd your organization's terminology, acronyms, and business-specific terms to the glossary.
Source: www.metabase.com/docs/latest/ai/settings · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Gemini
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Alteryx

Yes
Quoted from Alteryx’s docsCustom instructions strongly influence how the agent interprets user questions and frames responses.
Source: help.alteryx.com/aac/en/agent-studio/alteryx-agents.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

MotherDuck

Yespreview
Quoted from MotherDuck’s docsGuides are markdown documents you store in MotherDuck that AI agents read before working with your data.
Source: motherduck.com/docs/key-tasks/guides · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes (preview) · GPT yes (preview) · Gemini yes

Mode

Yes
Quoted from Mode’s docsField descriptions can be added to Datasets to build shared understanding around business and logic definition.
Source: mode.com/developer/api-reference/analytics/dataset-field-descriptions · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Redshift

Yes
Quoted from Redshift’s docsFor example, if your business unit uses a unique way to calculate a value, for example "in manufacturing division total sales is price revenue" this can be documented here.
Source: docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/query-editor-v2-generative-ai.html · checked Oct 26, 2026 · quoted by Claude
Claude yes · GPT yes · Gemini yes

Streamlit

Not found
Nothing in the docs settles this.
Claude nothing found · GPT nothing found · Gemini nothing found