Free to use and fully interactive
Tableau Reader is a free desktop application that you can use to open and interact with data visualizations built in Tableau and shared locally.
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- Scalable SaaS pricing and operations.
- Reliable, secure, and always up to date.
- Tableau-managed infrastructure.
- Works with Tableau Mobile to take data everywhere.
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Publish dashboards and reports to Server and collaborate with your team.
- Keep data secure on your private servers.
- Works with Tableau Mobile to take data everywhere.
- Allows for guest user access
Compare capabilities
| Access | Creator | Explorer | Viewer | Reader | |
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| Access | Web and mobile | ||||
| Embedded content
Access content embedded in other websites, portals and applications.
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| Interact | Creator | Explorer | Viewer | Reader | |
| Interact | Interact with visualizations and dashboards | *
Local files only
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| Download visualizations as images (.pdf, .png)
Download a snapshot of a visualization or dashboard as either a .pdf or .png file.
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| Download summary data
Download only the aggregate data used by the visualization or dashboard.
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| Download full data
Download the full data set associated with the visualization or dashboard.
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| Create and share custom views | |||||
| Collaborate | Creator | Explorer | Viewer | Reader | |
| Collaborate | Comment on a dashboard or visualization | ||||
| Create a subscription for yourself | |||||
| Receive data-driven alerts | |||||
| Create subscriptions for others | |||||
| Create data-driven alerts |
Technical Specifications
Virtual Environments
VMWare | Citrix | Hyper-V | Parallels
Tableau’s products operate in virtualized environments when configured with the proper underlying operating system and hardware.
Internationalization
Our products are Unicode-enabled and compatible with data stored in any language. The user interface and supporting documentation of Tableau Reader are in English, French (France), French (Canada), German, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese.