Get started with Tableau

Select your role and get up-to-speed quickly

Individual User

Getting started resources for role-based users

Creator

Prepare data in Tableau Prep and build data visualizations in Tableau Desktop.

Explorer

Browse, edit, and create new data visualizations using either Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud.

Viewer

Browse and interact with data visualizations published to your Tableau Server or Tableau Cloud site.

Teams & Organizations

Getting started resources for role-based users

Setup Tableau Pulse (Tableau Cloud)

Empower every employee with intelligent, personalized, and contextual insights with Tableau Pulse.

Admin - Tableau Cloud

Set up your site, add users, set permissions and more.

Admin - Tableau Server

Install and configure your Tableau Server on Windows or Linux.

Admin - Customer Portal

Get Customer Portal best practices to add and manage users and assign license keys.

See what's new in Tableau

A new Tableau product release is available! Upgrade now to the latest and greatest capabilities that Tableau has to offer. Looking to learn more about the many different features in this product release? Explore the Tableau Release Navigator to identify the benefits of upgrading based on feature-sets and see exactly what’s been added and improved.

Learn foundational data skills

Learn data skill fundamentals with this free online training program. This self-paced course will teach you how to explore, understand, and communicate with data. Training covers key topics, including statistics, understanding data types, and storytelling with data. You will need to be logged into your Tableau account (or create a new account) to access the free training.

Whatever your learning style—we've got you covered