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Replace worksheet in a dashboard
You can now replace an existing worksheet in a dashboard with a new worksheet from the sheet list, with a single click. Dashboard spacing, dimensions and aspect ratios are all smartly preserved, for a faster and more precise authoring experience.
JDBC
SAP Hana
ServiceNow ITSM
Marketo
You can now access more tables with our improved connector.
Show/hide sort controls
Authors can now preserve the sort order they’ve set on their worksheet by disabling the ability to one-click sort. Rest assured that end users are always interacting with your data as you intended, for the best dashboard experience.
Show/hide dashboard containers
Maximise screen real estate with the flexibility to toggle between visible or hidden for any floating container on your dashboard. Streamline what content viewers see, such as customising instructions, filters or legends to be hidden when they are no longer useful.
PostgreSQL+PostGIS spatial support
Customers with a PostgreSQL+PostGIS database can now use spatial data stored in those tables. Perform more advanced spatial analysis with the ability to leverage the spatial operations supported by the database.
Parameter actions
You now have the ability to visually change a parameter’s value. Use parameter actions to drive reference lines, calculations, filters and SQL queries simply by interacting with marks on a viz, bringing visual interactivity to your data like never before.
Spatial calculations: MakeLine
You can now easily create two-point origin-destination maps, perfect for making flight maps of airline routes.
Spatial calculations: MakePoint
You can now turn latitude/longitude values from text files, Excel or any data source into spatial fields and use them in spatial joins. With MakePoint, you can spatially enable text files and Excel spreadsheets, making it easer to spatially aggregate your data.
Export to PowerPoint improvements
You can now export stories to PowerPoint, creating a presentation-ready deck in seconds. Each story point, as you have customised in Tableau, will appear as one slide.
Vector maps for Desktop & Server
Enjoy a richer mapping experience with vector-based maps. Maps will look even sharper and feel even smoother as you pan, zoom in and zoom out to explore your geospatial data. Enjoy updated dark, normal and light default styles, ACS demographic data, and for authors, new map styles and layers available right out of the box.
Customisable reference line tooltips
You now have the option to customise tooltips for reference lines, bands and distributions. Edit the tooltip text or choose to disable the tooltip altogether.
Ask Data improvements
We're making Ask Data feel even more conversational. Now you can add, remove or replace statements with follow-up phrases. Adding calculations, such as the sum, difference and ratio of two measures is as simple as typing "avg sales / avg profit". Plus, with the ability to create multiple sheets, you can build full dashboards from Ask Data-generated vizzes. All of these enhancements make it easier to get answers from your data.
Biometric sign-in for Tableau Mobile
Sign in once and then rely on touch ID and biometrics for future authentication. Use with long-lived tokens for an additional layer of security.
Site start page
Tableau Server and Tableau Online site admins can now set a start page for the entire site, controlling where all users land when signing in.
New Tableau content browsing experience
Arrive to a new home page on Tableau Server and Online that displays personally relevant content upfront. A new left navigation makes it easy to quickly access favourites and recents, and discover new content through popular views. Additionally, a welcome screen will walk new users through specific actions based on their role.
New product languages
See and understand data in your local language. All Tableau products are now available in localised versions for Traditional Chinese and English (UK).
Admin views for flow resource governance
See and understand your flow resourcing needs with admin views of flow runs. Know when you need to put more resources toward concurrently running flows.
Connect to published data sources with Tableau Prep
Connect to published data sources with Prep Builder and Prep Conductor, even if they're built with on-prem data, so you can build flows with all the data in your server environment.
Streamline licence administration with identity-based activations
With identity-based product activations, Tableau administrators can easily reallocate licenses when teams change, activate licences remotely at time of upgrade, and gain the visibility they need to see how many licences are being used across all product types.
Create and save private custom views as a viewer
As a viewer, you can save private, custom views in dashboards you care about, filtered to the information you want to see. Jump back in and get the information you need, quickly and easily every time.
Create and edit parameters in the browser
Now you can create and edit parameters, which are dynamic values for calcs, filters and reference lines in the browser and stay in the flow of your analysis.
Secure TabPy connections
Build visualisations using the Python language for advanced analytics and machine learning in a secure environment. This allows TabPy to be hosted remotely from Tableau Server and for data to be protected in transit.
New data-driven alerts view
Subscribe to existing data-driven alerts. We’ve improved this experience with a new view that shows all alerts that already exist for the viz you are viewing. Adding yourself or others is easy – just select “Add me”.
Online admin insights
Understand how your own site is used through custom administrative views. And since they’re Tableau vizzes, you can customise them to fit your organisation's needs.
Learn more about Tableau releases
The capabilities shown above are not currently available and may not be ready on time or at all. We advise customers to make their purchasing decisions based upon features currently available and upgrade to the latest version of Tableau to enjoy the latest capabilities.