Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant Exam Guide

About the Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant Exam
Audience Description: Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant
Purpose of This Exam Guide
About the Exam
Exam Outline
Recommended Training and Resources
Salesforce Certification Candidate Code of Conduct
Maintaining Your Salesforce Certification

About the Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant Exam

The Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant exam is designed for practitioners who implement and maintain scalable analytics solutions within the Salesforce ecosystem. This certification validates the candidate’s ability to translate data to insights by leveraging Data Cloud, Semantic Data Models, and Tableau Next capabilities.

Audience Description: Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant

The Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant candidate typically has experience as a data analyst, business intelligence consultant, or Salesforce architect. The candidate should be experienced in navigating both the Salesforce core platform and the Data 360/Data Cloud architecture.

The minimally qualified candidate (MQC) possesses the following experience:

Hands-on experience with Salesforce Setup, specifically user management, permission sets, and Lightning page configuration.
Practical knowledge of Data Cloud (Data 360), including data streams, DMOs, and batch data transforms.
Experience building and deploying Tableau Next dashboards and embedding them within Salesforce Lightning pages or Slack.
Familiarity with Generative AI concepts, including natural language processing for data prep (Draft with Einstein) and agent readiness.

The MQC is capable of performing the following tasks:

Setting up Workspaces and managing content sharing/collections.
Building and refining Semantic Models, including joins, metrics, and field hygiene for AI agents.
Configuring Analytics Agent and calibrating Q&A through verified questions and business preferences.
Implementing Environment Migrations using data kits between sandboxes and production.
Establishing Row-Level Security (RLS) and object-level governance.

Purpose of This Exam Guide

This exam guide is designed to help you prepare for the Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant Exam. This guide provides information about the target audience, the recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.

About the Exam

Here are details about the Tableau Next Consultant Exam.

Content: 60 multiple-choice questions and up to five unscored questions
Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes
Passing score: 65%
Version: Exam questions align to the July 262.11 release.
Registration fee: USD 200, JPY 30,000, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
Retake fee: USD 100, JPY 15,000, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online environment; find more information on scheduling an exam here.
References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
Prerequisite: None

This exam may contain up to five additional unscored questions to gather performance data. Unscored questions are randomly integrated and have no impact on your final exam result.

Exam Outline

The Tableau Next Consultant Exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives.

Data Setup: 20%

Understand the components, design, and application of semantic models.
Understand basic Data 360 features capabilities, including data integration, management, preparation, and modeling.
Given a scenario, determine the appropriate data architecture or data processing approach.

Agentic Experiences: 25%

Understand how generative AI capabilities support the creation of Tableau Next components.
Explain how to assess and ensure Agentic readiness.
Understand how the Analytics Agent enables users to explore data and generate insights.
Understand how the Analytics Agent delivers proactive data alerts and notifications.

Embedding, Cross-Cloud, & Interoperability: 20%

Understand how Tableau Next integrates with Salesforce analytics platforms.
Explain how Tableau Next assets are surfaced within user workflows across platforms.
Understand how Tableau Next Apps for Salesforce and Marketplace offerings accelerate time to value.
Describe tools and API available for developers.

Basic Setup & Admin: 10%

Explain how to activate and manage Tableau Next features.
Identify and apply appropriate access to enable users.
Describe how to activate Agentic Analytics for users.

Visualizations & Dashboards: 15%

Apply visualization and dashboarding best practices to design user-friendly Tableau Next assets.
Explain how to configure actions within Tableau Next.

Managing Workspaces & Orgs: 10%

Understand how to deploy and manage a Personal Org.
Explain how to manage and share Tableau Next assets.
Understand how to deploy Tableau Next assets.

Recommended Training and Resources

As preparation for this exam, we recommend a combination of hands-on experience, training course completion, Trailhead Trails, and self-study in the areas listed in the Exam Outline section of this exam guide.

The self-study materials recommended for this exam include:

Trail: Prepare for Your Salesforce Tableau Next Consultant Certification

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The courses recommended for this exam include:

The certifications recommended (not required) for this exam include:

Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator
Salesforce Certified Data 360 Consultant
Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist

To review online documentation, tip sheets, and user guides, search for the topics listed in the Exam Outline section of this guide on Salesforce Help and study the information related to those topics.

Salesforce Certification Candidate Code of Conduct

At Salesforce, Trust is our #1 value. Protecting the security of Salesforce Certifications is up to all of us. As a participant in the Salesforce Certification Program, you’re required to review and accept the terms of the Salesforce Certification Program Agreement and Code of Conduct at the beginning of each exam.

Maintaining Your Salesforce Certification

One of the benefits of holding a Salesforce Certification is always being up to date on new product releases. You'll be required to complete the Tableau Next Consultant certification maintenance badge on Trailhead once a year.

Don’t let your hard-earned certification expire! If you don't complete all maintenance requirements by the due date, your certification will expire.

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Salesforce Certified Tableau Next Consultant Exam Guide

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