A Tableau Next Consultant is working with a retail client's supply chain management team.

Inspector Proactive Data Alerts directly solve this requirement because they allow users to define conditions against Tableau Next metrics and receive notifications when those conditions become true. Salesforce describes the capability as allowing users to ask Tableau Agent to alert them when a metric exceeds a value, falls below a threshold, or moves outside an expected range.

For inventory management, the organization could define a metric representing available stock and configure an alert such as: “Alert me when inventory falls below the safety stock level.” Inspector evaluates the configured condition and sends notifications through administrator-enabled delivery channels. This removes the need for warehouse managers to repeatedly open and refresh dashboards purely to determine whether intervention is required.

A Data Quality notification addresses issues with data reliability or processing rather than business KPI conditions. A dashboard subscription periodically delivers analytical content but is schedule-driven rather than specifically triggered by a critical inventory condition.

This is the defining distinction between passive dashboards and agentic analytics: Proactive Alerts monitor an explicitly defined metric condition and surface actionable information when attention is required.

References/Topics: Agentic Experiences - > Inspector - > Proactive Data Alerts - > Metric Conditions - > Threshold-Based Notifications.

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