ThoughtSpot Cloud Documentation
ThoughtSpot Cloud is a cloud-native, AI-powered analytics platform that puts self-service analysis in the hands of everyone in your organization—no SQL or data expertise required.
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What’s new in ThoughtSpot Cloud
Spotter 3 GA
Spotter 3 is now generally available:
Key features:
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Data-aware intelligence: Now securely reads the specific results of your query to write accurate insights and answer follow-up questions with full context.
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Insight storage and chat history: Generates insights from your data and stores them in ThoughtSpot Cloud as your conversation history with Spotter.
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Data security: Processes only the data needed to answer your question. Your data is sent to the LLM only to generate insights and is never stored or used for training.
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Analyst-grade reasoning: Creates a plan, validates assumptions, and self-corrects to provide you verifiable results.
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Narrative insights: Provides rich text summaries explaining why your data looks the way it does.
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Automatic Model selection: Identifies and queries across multiple data models at the same time and selects the most relevant data source(s) based on your question.
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Integrate your tools into Spotter: Integrate ThoughtSpot’s powerful agentic analytics capabilities into your own custom AI agents using the ThoughtSpot MCP server.
More information:
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For details on the features each Spotter version supports, see Spotter versions.
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For an overview of Spotter 3, watch the Spotter 3 introduction video.
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To get started with Spotter, see Getting started with Spotter.
Spotter CSV upload support
You can now upload CSV files directly to Spotter, enabling ad-hoc data analysis without requiring a pre-built data model. This feature makes it faster to explore and get insights from external data files directly in the Spotter interface. Simply click the + icon next to the Model selection button in the search bar and select the file you plan to upload. Note that the files you upload remain only in your conversation, and are not stored in ThoughtSpot. Files persist in your conversation for up to an hour. The size limit is 5 mb per file, 10 files per message.
For more information, see Spotter CSV upload.
Spotter answer stop button
You can now stop in-progress answer generation in Spotter, giving greater control over query execution and improving the experience when you need to revise a query. For more information, see Getting started with Spotter.
SpotterViz enhancements
We have made the following enhancements to SpotterViz:
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When you create a new Liveboard and SpotterViz is enabled, the Liveboard opens in edit mode.
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You can now drag the SpotterViz window to resize it.
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While SpotterViz is working, you can add additional prompts.
For more information, see SpotterViz.
SpotterViz charting skills
You can now make the following types of changes by prompting SpotterViz:
- Visual editing
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Reference and modify specific visualizations, groups, or tabs.
- Bulk formatting
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Apply changes across multiple objects simultaneously.
- Structural transformation
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Change visual representations (chart types, axes, stacking).
- Cosmetic styling
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Fine-tune colors, labels, legends, and branding.
For more information, see SpotterViz.
Command palette Early Access
You can now access anything in ThoughtSpot from a single keystroke. The command palette (kbd:[Cmd] + kbd:[K] on Mac / kbd:[Ctrl] + kbd:[K] on Windows and Linux) is a global command center that unifies navigation, search, and actions across the ThoughtSpot platform. Instead of switching between menus, list pages, and contextual controls, you can find content, trigger workflows, and navigate to any part of the product — all from one place.
With the command palette, you can:
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Search across Liveboards, Answers, Models, and more in one place.
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Launch a new Answer, Liveboard, or Spotter chat.
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Jump to any section of ThoughtSpot directly, from Home to Admin settings.
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Type your data question and send it straight to Spotter.
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Press forward slash (/) to filter your search by Liveboards, Answers, Admin Settings, Create, Spotter, Models, Tables, and Collections.
To enable this feature, contact your ThoughtSpot administrator. For more information, see Command palette.
Dynamic values for date type parameters
You can now configure dynamic date type parameters when creating parameters, meaning that you can specify a dynamic rule like "start of current month", which updates with the current date rather than remaining static (for example, "June 14th"). For more information, see Creating parameters.
Models in object search Beta
Models are now fully discoverable through ThoughtSpot’s unified search. Whether you’re using the global search bar or the search results page, Models appear alongside Answers and Liveboards — making it faster and easier to find the data foundation your analyses are built on. To enable this feature, contact ThoughtSpot support.
Centralized filter window
The centralized filter window is now generally available (GA). This feature introduces a single, unified interface for managing all Liveboard filters. Users can use this to view, update, and apply multiple filters at once, rather than interacting with each filter individually. This feature supports bulk filter changes, clear and reset actions, and provides a streamlined workflow for complex analyses. This improves efficiency, especially when working with Liveboards containing many filters or when users need to adjust several dimensions simultaneously. For more information, see Centralized filter window.
Other features and enhancements
Spotter instructions
Administrators and Org administrators can now configure instructions at the agent level to customize how Spotter responds to queries across your organization. Spotter instructions let you tailor Spotter’s behavior for specific use cases, ensuring more consistent and relevant AI-generated answers. You can use Spotter instructions to specify output defaults like format and currency, tell Spotter how to handle ambiguous queries, and set guardrails for sensitive data. For example, you can say, “If the user doesn’t specify a breakdown, default to department, region, and location. Always compare year-over-year.”
To configure Spotter instructions, click the gear icon in the lower left corner of your Spotter conversation and select Spotter instructions.
For more information, see Spotter instructions.
SpotterModel Early Access
You can now use SpotterModel to generate comprehensive, optimized Models ready to use in your analysis. SpotterModel automates table selection, join creation, and column selection, while allowing you to review and customize each step. To enable this feature, contact your administrator.
For more information, see SpotterModel.
Memory from Liveboards enhancements
You can now reference the Status field in the Memory sources page to see whether your memory has been generated. ThoughtSpot also notifies you once the Liveboard memory is fully generated. To enable memory from Liveboards and conversations, contact your administrator. For more information, see Manage memory.
Snowflake Semantic Views resync Early Access
You can now resync Snowflake Semantic Views integrations when the Snowflake semantic model or uploaded definition changes. Administrators can manage and resync Semantic Views as needed to reflect changes made in Snowflake. To enable this feature, contact ThoughtSpot support. For more information see, Integrate with Snowflake Semantic Views.
Connect to Iomete Early Access
You can now connect to Iomete cloud data warehouses. To enable this feature, contact your administrator. For more information, see Connect to Iomete.
For the Developer
For new features and enhancements introduced in this release of ThoughtSpot Embedded, see ThoughtSpot Developer Documentation.
