Gordon Rose

This is the last post in a three-part series about Tableau data extracts. In the first post, we looked at how Tableau data extracts are built and used by Tableau. In the second, we looked at why you would want to use TDEs and some sample use cases. In this last post, we will look at tips, techniques and best practices.

This is part two in a three-part series about Tableau Data Extracts. In the first post, we looked at how Tableau Data Extracts are built and used by Tableau. If the content of the first post did not already sell you on the benefits of TDEs, then here are several reasons that Tableau Data Extracts (TDEs) are valuable—even essential—to Tableau users:

This is the first post in a three-part series that will take a large amount of information about Tableau data extracts, highly compress that information, and place it into memory — yours.