Welcome to Tableau Desktop
Transform data into trusted, interactive insights with the world's leading visual analytics platform – now free. No trials, no expiry, no credit card required. Get the most out of Tableau Desktop with these tips and resources.
See Tableau Desktop in actionThe Tableau platform
The Tableau Platform is made up of three foundational products that work together to create a cohesive data flow from raw information to clear insights.
Prepare your data
Clean up dirty data with ease and speed. Automate data cleansing processes with Tableau Prep, part of Tableau Data Management.
Analyse and explore
Fuel unlimited data exploration with Tableau Desktop. Interactive dashboards help you uncover hidden insights on the fly.
Author, analyse, collaborate
With Tableau Server or fully hosted Tableau Cloud, you can author visualisations, find insights, share them with teammates and make critical decisions.
Orient yourself
Get familiar with the Tableau Desktop interface.
Watch: Tour the Tableau Desktop Interface
Get familiar with rest of the Tableau Platform by touring Tableau Prep and Tableau Cloud/Server.
Connect to data
Tableau connects to a variety of data sources. Learn how to connect to data with these resources.
Watch: Connect to data in Tableau Desktop
Learn how to connect to data with Tableau Prep and Tableau Cloud/Server
You can also use ready-made starter workbooks to get a feel for Tableau
Clean up messy data
Often, data is dirty or not structured correctly to analyse it effectively in Tableau Desktop. Tableau Prep, our data prep product, empowers more people to get to analysis faster by helping them quickly and confidently combine, shape and clean their data. Try Tableau Prep for free.
Watch: Working with Tableau Prep
Watch: Cleaning data in Tableau Desktop
Build a data visualisation
Now that you've connected to data, it’s time to start building a data visualisation (viz for short) in Tableau so you can see your data up close.
Watch: Build a visualisation in Desktop or author a visualisation on the web with Tableau Cloud/Server
Refine your visualisation
Hear it from our customers
ITV Interactive
ITV Interactive combines 300m rows of data, unlocking critical customer insights for everyone.
Dubai Airports
Tableau automates data processes for Dubai Airports, savings hundreds of analytic man-hours per month.
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola European Partners improves time-to-insights for 300m+ people, with automated reporting.
Build a map
Getting your location data on a map is easy as dragging and dropping. Learn how to see your geographical data in a map in Tableau.
Combine views into a dashboard
Combine multiple views into a single, interactive dashboard. Include filters, images and webpages in your dashboard for a more complete view of your data.
Watch: Build a dashboard
Share and collaborate
Don't keep your insights to yourself – share them with your colleagues. Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud allows you to publish visualisations and dashboards to the web so others can interact with your analytics and answer their own questions of the data. Sharing and collaborating with Tableau
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Ready to buy
Get Tableau Desktop Free Edition
Follow these easy steps to get started:
- Fill out the Tableau Desktop registration form.
- Download Tableau Desktop. If you've already downloaded it, locate the file on your computer
- Open the downloaded file and follow the prompts to install Tableau Desktop.
- Once installed, select Tableau for Free.
- Sign in to your Tableau account. If you don’t have an account, create one.
- Start analysing your data!