1、TOP BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TRENDS AND STRATEGIES FOR 2026How agentic AI,the semantic layer and real-time analytics are transforming BI TABLE OF CONTENTSWelcome to the Future of BI .3Trend 1:AI-Powered BI from Dashboards to Conversations .5Trend 2:The Truth Is in the Semantic Layer .8Trend 3:Agentic B

2、I Comes to Where the Work Is .11Trend 4:Autonomy that Pays for Itself .13Trend 5:Trust Is the Ultimate Competitive Advantage .15Architecting for BI Success in the Era of Agentic Intelligence .17Enter Snowflake .18TOP BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TRENDS AND STRATEGIES FOR 2026Table of Contents|2 WELCOME TO

3、THE FUTURE OF BI We are entering a new era in business intelligence.After 20 years of relying on dashboards,static reports,pixel-perfect charts and quarterly reports to answer variations on the question“What happened?”,we will soon be able to answer questions not just about the past,but about the fu

4、ture.Agentic intelligence is transforming BI by democratizing data for all users and bringing dynamic analytics to their daily work.With AI-powered BI,users can talk to their data in conversational language,get dynamic insights from directly inside their standard workflows through embedded agents,an

5、d even go a step further to trigger automatic actions.Instead of asking what happened,users can ask:What should we do,and why?And can you do it for me?Enterprises are replacing rule-based bots with autonomous agents that manage unstructured,exception-heavy workstreams.Executive surveys show 61%of CE

6、Os are integrating agents into core operations,a level that surpassed adoption of earlier waves of automation technologies.With all its promise,agentic intelligence also poses new critical risks that organizations will be forced to navigate if they build on a fragmented foundation.As AI agents proli