It's official-- Tableau Desktop is on the Mac! Tableau Desktop for the Mac has the look and feel you expect from a native Mac application. It even has support for high-resolution displays like the Mac Retina display. It's part of Tableau 8.2, the newest release of Tableau, which also includes a new way to tell stories with data and a raft of other features.
There's been a great deal of excitement in the community about Tableau on the Mac. In fact, I can you show you exactly how much using another Tableau 8.2 feature, Story Points:
Tableau Desktop for the Mac has the same analytic capabilities as Tableau Desktop for Windows. A few more things to note:
- You don't need a new license to use it. If you have an active Tableau Desktop license, you can use Tableau Desktop on the Mac.
- You can install Tableau Desktop licenses on up to two machines, so you could install one for Windows at work and one for your Mac at home.
- Files created in Tableau Desktop for Windows will work in the Mac version, and vice versa.
- The Mac version supports most of the popular data sources, but has fewer data sources than the Windows version.
Another highlight of Tableau 8.2 is a completely redesigned set of maps, that include
- A new map look that was designed in collaboration with the cutting-edge design firm Stamen Design
- Crisper, sharper zoom worldwide including support for Retina displays, as mentioned above
- New map data drawn from OpenStreetMap
- Faster loading of map tiles
- Street-level zoom worldwide
To make connecting to data easier, a new Visual Data Window lets you join tables visually, preview your data and do basic cleanup on a new data canvas.
Finally, there's a set of features that Tableau Server administrators will love (REST API FTW) and a number of new or enhanced connectors. For example, connecting to Microsoft Excel or flat files will be better with a new connector for many connections. This means you can get all the columns from those monster files that are more than 255-columns wide.
Want to meet Tableau 8.2 in person?
- Join us at one of our roadshow events.
- Read about the new features.
- Check out earlier blog posts on Story Points, Mapping and the Visual Data Window.
- Follow #showandtell on social media.
- Come to our #DatatotheMac launch party Thursday night at the Metreon if you're in the Bay Area.
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Love seeing the Tableau icon on my Mac dock!
So is 8.2 a new product to be purchased separately from 8.1? I don't see any option to download the update.
Just to be clear Chris, you can run 8.1 and 8.2 on your machine at the same time. That's why it's a separate install. There's a great knowledge base article here that explains how to go about it. http://kb.tableausoftware.com/articles/knowledgebase/upgrading-tableau-d...
Chris, it's not a separate purchase but it is a new download. So if you're active on maintenance, you should be able to get Tableau on the Mac without a purchase.
You can either go to the customer center and download it from there, or just download the trial from the website. You can manage product keys in Help --> Manage Product Keys to activate your trial with your existing license key. Feel free to call Customer Service if you need any help.
I installed it. Tableau is awesome as always !
May be "awesome" but remains a work in progress.
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