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Tableau 2020.2 brings significant enhancements to help organizations through their analytics journey. Highlights include Metrics, set control, and enhancements to Tableau's data model with relationships to help you elevate your relationship with data.

Relationships

Analyze data at the right level of detail.

Relationships

Combining data just got easier and more powerful. By visually creating logical relationships between tables, Tableau will only query the data relevant to your analysis at the right level of detail. Analyze complex data faster and with more confidence.

Metrics

Monitor the KPIs for your business from anywhere.

Metrics

Metrics are a simple way to get a curated and consistent view of your data. Create a metric from nearly any Tableau dashboard with a single click and view your metrics across multiple dashboards in one spot - either on the web or the Tableau Mobile app.

Set control

Dynamically change the membership of a set.

Set control

The set control allows users to dynamically change the members of a set using a familiar, quick filter-like interface. End users can change set membership with both a single and multi-select dropdown, and the set control automatically refreshes its domain so that the data stays fresh.

Esri web data connector

Connect directly to your Esri data.

Esri web data connector

You can now connect Tableau directly to your location data in Esri by simply entering an ArcGIS Server URL or GeoService API URL. Automated extract refreshes ensure that visualizations are always up to date, and enable you to spend less time sourcing data and more time in analysis.

Oracle spatial support

Connect natively to Oracle spatial data.

Oracle spatial support

We’re expanding Tableau’s spatial database connections to make solving location-based questions easier than ever. You can now connect to tables in Oracle that contain spatial data, and instantly visualize that data in Tableau.

Set actions improvements

Incrementally add to and remove values from a set.

Set actions improvements

Set actions just got even more powerful with two new selection modes. You can now incrementally add and remove values from a set by interacting with marks in the view, even after a selection is cleared.

View all Tableau 2020.2 features

Tableau 2020.1 includes exciting ways to add powerful interactivity to your data, bringing to life some of the most-requested features from the Tableau Community. Enjoy dynamic parameters, buffer calculations, and viz animations to tell even more powerful, moving stories behind your data.

Dynamic parameters

Parameter values will now update dynamically.

Dynamic parameters

Say goodbye to republishing workbooks with parameters every time the underlying data changes. Set your parameter once, and Tableau will automatically update the parameter’s list of values every time someone opens the workbook.

Buffer calculations

Better visualize and understand proximity between marks.

Buffer by distance calculations

Buffer calculations allow you to visualize the distance around point locations. Give Tableau three parameters—location, distance, and a unit of measure—and a buffer, or boundary is instantly created. Answering complex spatial questions becomes easier than ever before—visualize what properties are within 200 meters of a proposed transit site, or how many competitors’ stores are within 1 mile of their store, and more.

Login-based license management

Say goodbye to Desktop and Prep Builder license keys.

Login-based license management

Login-based license management allows Creators to activate Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep by simply logging in to these products with their Tableau Server credentials—no product key needed. Admins can assign, monitor, and reclaim Tableau Desktop or Tableau Prep access directly from Tableau Server instead of distributing license keys to end users. This licensing option is available to role-based customers. Contact your account team to learn more.

Customizable Discover Pane for Tableau Desktop

Show custom content in your Discover Pane.

Customizable Discover Pane for Tableau Desktop

You can now customize the Discover Pane that appears on the start page in Tableau Desktop to show your own custom content instead of the content Tableau shows by default. Provide links and information specific to your organization to make it easier for your users to get started using Tableau quickly. Learn more about it here.

Explain Data improvements

Use Explain Data in more use cases.

Explain Data improvements

Explain Data continues to get better and better with performance improvements for wide datasets, and refined models to help you go deeper into your data.

Export dashboard button

Quickly export dashboards in your chosen format.

Export dashboard button

A new dashboard object allows you to easily export a dashboard in the format you determine. Quickly choose the export format, image type, and button styles to make any dashboard easily exportable for end users.

View all Tableau 2020.1 features

2019.4 brings functionality to make it easier for customers to find, connect to, and analyze their data. Highlight features this release include significant table improvements, view recommendations for Tableau Server and Online, and Webhooks support to help further integrate and extend the Tableau platform.

View recommendations

Recommended views to help you find the content you need faster.

View recommendations

View Recommendations are personalized suggestions that instantly connect you to relevant data and content on your site. Powered by machine learning, these recommendations match preferences between users, surfacing content that others like you have found interesting or useful, including what's most popular and recent.

Table improvements

Increased number of columns with improved sorting and scrolling

Table improvements

Create tables with up to 50 columns with the ability to scroll horizontally. For flat tables, sort entire columns by dimensions and discrete measures across multiple panes.

Extensibility improvements

Webhooks support & Sandboxed extensions

Webhooks support

You can now create automated workflows, triggered by events as they happen, with webhooks support for Tableau Online and Tableau Server. With webhooks support, the possibilities are endless - you could build workflows that alert users of new content through Slack, or automatically create case tickets within ServiceNow, if an extract fails. Join the Tableau Developer program to learn more.

Sandboxed extensions

We've made extensions more flexible. Now developers can now create sandboxed extensions, which disables network calls - streamlining the development process from a security standpoint.

Ask Data improvements

Improved governance and analytics.

Ask Data improvements

We’re making it easier for you to enable more curated experiences for Ask Data. Admins now have the flexibility to enable or disable Ask Data as the default site setting, helping ensure users are only using Ask Data on a subset of curated data sources. Quickly share Ask Data insights with your team by sending a link, without having to save content to the server. And finally, calculating year-over-year metrics is as simple as typing “YoY profit growth”, helping you quickly answer critical questions of your data.

Explain Data improvements

We're making Explain Data work with more data types.

Explain Data improvements

With Tableau 2019.4 Explain Data now supports unvisualized measures and calculated fields, allowing you to inspect your data in more situations.

Go to where a sheet is used

Jump directly to where a worksheet is used.

Go to where a sheet is used

We’re making it faster to navigate larger, complex workbooks that contain multiple sheets. Easily view and jump to all locations in a workbook (dashboards, stories) where a worksheet is used.

View all Tableau 2019.4 features

2019.3 brings new capabilities to help you and your organization do more with your data. Understand the “why” behind outliers with Explain Data, build trust in your data with Tableau Catalog, and operate at even greater scale with our new Tableau Server Management Add-on offering. Also enjoy enhancements such as encryption at rest, the ability to embed Ask Data, and the ability to connect to published data sources in Prep Builder.

Tableau Catalog

Understand and build trust in your data.

Tableau Catalog

With Tableau Catalog you get a complete view of all of the data being used by Tableau, and how it is connected to your analytics – including lineage, impact analysis and usage metrics. Increase the trust and discoverability of the right data for everyone in your organization. Tableau Catalog is part of the Data Management Add-on.

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Explain Data

Get to the "why" behind outliers.

Explain Data

Explain Data automatically provides AI-driven explanations for unexpected values in your data with a single click. Available as you’re creating a viz or dashboard, Explain Data uses powerful Bayesian methods to surface statistically significant explanations behind data points. Behind the scenes, hundreds of potential explanations are checked and the most likely ones are surfaced. Every explanation is a viz that can be explored with the full power of Tableau, keeping you in your analytical flow as you dive deeper into your data.

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Tableau Server Management Add-on

Manage Tableau Server at even greater scale.

Tableau Server Management Add-on

The Tableau Server Management Add-on gives organizations running Tableau Server at scale greater manageability and control over their deployment. We’re making it easier to streamline management processes and run large, mission-critical Tableau Server deployments. This new offering provides AWS KMS integration, new performance monitoring and content management apps, and additional scalability capabilities for Tableau Server.

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Encryption at Rest

Keep your extracts encrypted at rest.

Extract Encryption at Rest for Tableau Server

For additional security you can now encrypt your extracts at rest. You can also think of this as object-level encryption. It’s easy to use—simply toggle it on per extract or enable at the site level. Tableau Online is already fully encrypted at the service level.

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Ask Data improvements

Easily embed Ask Data into your content.

Ask Data improvements

Embed Ask Data into your company portal or Wiki, and you can enable even more people in your organization to be asking questions of their data.

Connect to published data sources with Tableau Prep

Connect to published data sources with Prep Builder and Prep Conductor

Connect to published data sources with Tableau Prep

Connect to published data sources with Prep Builder and Prep Conductor, so you can build flows with all the data in your Tableau environment.

View all Tableau 2019.3 features

2019.2 includes exciting new ways to interact with your data and new dashboarding capabilities that come together to make a big difference for a more precise, streamlined authoring experience. Enjoy parameter actions, vector maps, and a new way to browse your content on Tableau Server and Online.

Vector maps

An enhanced mapping experience to analyze your geospatial data.

Vector maps

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.

Parameter actions

Visually change a parameter's value

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.

New Tableau Content Browsing Experience

Easy access to personal content.

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 favorites and recents, and discover new content through popular views. Additionally, a welcome screen will walk new users through specific actions based on their role.

Ask Data improvements

Ask Data gets conversational.

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 the 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.

Spatial calculations: MakeLine

Spatial calculation support: MakeLine

Spatial calculations: MakeLine

You can now easily create two-point origin-destination maps, perfect for making flight maps of airline routes.

Spatial calculations: MakePoint

Spatial calculations support: MakePoint

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.

View all Tableau 2019.2 features

2019.1 includes the launch of Ask Data, an entirely new way to interact with your data in Tableau, as well as Tableau Prep Conductor, a new add-on to Tableau Online and Server that enables data preparation at scale by automating processes and flows. Also enjoy data-driven alert views, dashboard zone names, and URL action improvements.

Ask Data

An entirely new way to interact with your data using natural language.

Ask Data

Ask a question, get an answer. Use natural language to ask questions and produce insights directly from any published data source. Ask Data supports many analytical capabilities of Tableau, including sorting, filtering and aggregations.

Ask Data only supports questions asked in English.

Try Ask Data

Tableau Prep Conductor

Run your Tableau Prep flows in your server environment.

Tableau Prep Conductor

Tableau Prep Conductor, a new add-on product for Tableau Online and Tableau Server, empowers IT departments, data stewards and analysts to consistently deliver prepared data in a scalable, reliable and secure server environment.

Tableau Prep Conductor is part of the Data Management Add-on available now for Tableau Server and in limited release for Tableau Online.

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Redesigned Tableau Mobile App

All-new redesigned Tableau Mobile app for iOS and Android.

All-new Tableau Mobile for iOS and Android

We're excited to introduce a redesigned version of Tableau Mobile for iOS and Android. The new app brings powerful search, an improved Favorites experience, and interactive offline previews right to your fingertips.

Mixed content types

Easily find the content most relevant to you.

Mixed content types

Discover a new way to browse on Tableau Server and Tableau Online. You can now view data sources, workbooks, and views from one project all on the same page. And, filter by content type within that project.

Export to PowerPoint

Easily export vizzes to PowerPoint

Export to PowerPoint

Integrate your Tableau dashboards directly into presentations with a single click. Now you can easily export vizzes from Tableau Desktop, Server, or Online to PowerPoint as high resolution images, complete with a link back to the workbook.

Dashboard zone names

Name any zone in your dashboard

Dashboard zone names

You now have the ability to assign a name to any item on a dashboard, helping to better organize multiple zones when looking at the layout tree.

View all Tableau 2019.1 features

2018.3 includes heatmaps, set actions, new dashboarding capabilities such as dashboard buttons and transparent backgrounds, and multiple table storage for extracts.

Heatmap

Find patterns in dense data in seconds.

Heatmap

We’ve brought heatmaps, a powerful new mark type, to Tableau. With one click, turn millions of marks into a meaningful representation of your data. Understand where there are concentrations of points, and identify patterns in seconds—whether on a map or scatterplot.

Set actions

Visually define what is in a set.

Set actions

Select what values are in a set by directly interacting with marks on a viz. Visually drive calculations and seamlessly achieve multi-faceted comparative analysis like proportional brushing.

Transparent worksheet backgrounds

Enable fully transparent worksheet backgrounds.

Transparent worksheet backgrounds

We are bringing dashboard design to the next level with the ability to give worksheets completely transparent backgrounds. Unleash your creativity to build presentation-ready dashboards that are visually stunning and effectively highlight your analysis. Use with transparent filters, highlighters, and parameters for a consistent look across your entire dashboard.

Dashboard navigation button

Seamlessly navigate between dashboards.

Dashboard navigation button

Seamlessly navigate between dashboards with new dashboard buttons. A simple drag and drop creates a button that can navigate to a target dashboard, worksheet, or story. Customize the button with an image of your own, or add guiding tooltip text.

Navigation action

Add inter-sheet navigation between dashboards.

Navigation action

We've brought a new action type to Tableau. Easily add navigation between sheets with the navigation action, now available as an option in the actions dialog.

Spatial data updates

Esri Geodatabase, KML, and TopoJSON support

ESRI Geodatabase, KML, and TopoJSON support

We now support new spatial file connections to ESRI File Geodatabases and TopoJSON files. We've updated the spatial file connector to support KML files with multiple layers.

View all Tableau 2018.3 features

2018.2 includes exciting dashboard formatting improvements, such as dashboard grids and automatic mobile layouts, as well as the launch of Tableau Services Manager (TSM).

Tableau Extension Gallery

Discover and download new dashboard extensions.

Tableau Extension Gallery

Find dashboard extensions built by one of our partners in Tableau's new Extension Gallery, now in beta. There's many extensions to choose from - including natural language capabilities and the ability to see metadata for each field used in a viz. Start exploring here.

Dashboard Extensions

Interact with data from other applications directly in Tableau.

Dashboard Extensions

Dashboard extensions give you the ability to interact with data from third-party applications directly in Tableau. Capabilities like write-back to a database, custom actions, and deep integration with other apps are all at your fingertips. As dashboard extensions are published to Tableau Server or Tableau Online, site admins can manage which extensions are allowed to run. Find a growing selection of extensions that have been built by Tableau and partners in our Extension Gallery.

Spatial join

Join your spatial data for analysis.

Spatial join

You can now join datasets where the only common element between the two is location. Easily analyze points within a geographic area for deeper understanding of your spatial data.

Nested sorting

A more intuitive sorting experience.

Nested sorting

Enjoy a more intuitive sorting experience. Sort dimension values within the context of each pane for better top- or bottom-n analysis of your data.

ISO-8601 standard weeks

Tableau ISO standard calendar support.

ISO-8601 standard weeks

We've brought ISO standard calendar support to Tableau. You can now use ISO-8601 defined weeks in calculations and visualizations for better calendar-based analysis.

Dashboard grids

More precision and control in dashboard formatting.

Dashboard grids

We know the details matter. Gridlines now appear as an overlay above dashboards to help with better visual alignment of dashboard elements. Toggle on or off as desired. See a preview of dashboard zones when moving their position for better layout alignment and design, and use keyboard arrows to nudge or resize.

View all Tableau 2018.2 features

2018.1 includes the launch of our powerful new data preparation product, Tableau Prep, as well as other exciting features including step and jump lines, Dashboard Starters for Tableau Online, and the ability to connect to data directly from the browser for a better web authoring experience.

Dashboard Starters for Tableau Online

Jumpstart your analysis with pre-built dashboards.

Dashboard Starters for Tableau Online

Get immediate answers from your data using Dashboard Starters. Starters are pre-built dashboards based on best practices for applications like Salesforce, Eloqua, Marketo and ServiceNow. Get to deeper insights quicker by modifying starters, including bringing in data from other sources.

This feature is included in Tableau Creator

Learn more

Step and Jump Lines

Visualize changes in discrete values.

Step and Jump Lines

Make your discrete data analysis more powerful with step and jump lines. Easily change line types with one click to visualize changes in discrete values, bringing life to account balance data, inventory level data, interest rates, and much more.

SQL Server spatial data

Connect to spatial data directly from SQL Server.

Connect to spatial data directly from SQL Server

Tableau can now connect to, and visualize spatial data stored in SQL Server. Use the spatial operations supported by SQL Server to generate advanced spatial queries, and leverage custom SQL to perform advanced spatial analysis.

Viz in tooltip improvements

Hide viz in tooltip sheets.

Viz in tooltip improvements

You can now hide the sheets used for Viz in Tooltips, the same way you would for sheets used in Stories or Dashboards.

Dual-axis mapping improvement

Improved dual-axis mapping.

Dual-axis mapping improvement

Combine custom and generated latitudes and longitudes within a dual axis. Now you can build multilayered maps to visualize and analyze your spatial data with ease.

Additional clustering functionality

Refresh saved clustering results.

Additional clustering functionality

Saved clustering results are no longer static, letting you use clustering analysis in more places. You can use saved clusters in different sheets, and clusters now update when data is refreshed.

View all Tableau 2018.1 features

10.5 includes the launch of Hyper, Tableau's in-memory data engine technology, as well as Tableau Server on Linux, viz in tooltip, and nested projects for Tableau Server and Online.

Hyper

Rev your data engines.

Hyper

Hyper is Tableau’s new in-memory data engine technology, designed for fast data ingest and analytical query processing on large or complex data sets. With up to 3X* faster extract creation, you always have the latest data. Up to 5X* increase in query performance keeps you in the flow. Upgrading to Hyper is seamless; you can simply upgrade to Tableau 10.5 and no data migration is needed.

*Performance compared between Hyper and TDE using a mix of scenarios designed to reflect common customer uses cases. Customer results will vary.

Learn more about Hyper

Linux

Tableau Server on Linux.

Tableau Server on Linux

The same Tableau Server you know and love, now on the operating system of your choice. Integrate and optimize your current processes and workflows to make the most of your internal infrastructure. Install on any of the supported distributions (RHEL 7 , CentOS 7, Oracle Linux, or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS), and choose the authentication method that makes sense for your organization.

With Tableau Server on Linux you can change the number of backgrounders, VizQL, & application servers without requiring a restart. Plus don't forget, you'll have access to your favorite Linux tools - think Bash and Yum.

Viz in Tooltip

Embed visualizations within tooltips for details on demand.

Viz in Tooltip

Engage with your data at a deeper level and maximize dashboard real estate with Viz in Tooltip. Hover over a mark to display details-on-demand while staying in context of the original view.

Learn more about viz in tooltip

Power trendlines

Make smarter predictions.

Power trendlines

Better understand power relationships between variables with drag and drop power trendlines, bringing light to your physics, biology, astronomy, economics data, and more.

Nested Projects

Easier content management with nested projects.

Nested projects

You can now nest projects within projects, and customize permissions at each level, or choose to use a top down permissioning structure. Now it's easier to organize your workbooks, so everyone in your organization can find what they are looking for.

Tableau Desktop deployment improvements

Deploy Tableau Desktop at Scale.

Automated Desktop license activation

Mass deployments of Tableau Desktop just got easier. Now you can automate Desktop license activation at install time.

Expanded virtual desktop support

Easily manage your Tableau license keys across non-persistent virtual machines. Licenses will expire and be added back to your license pool for reuse.

View all 10.5 features

10.4 focuses on data discovery with data source certifications and recommendations, as well as collaborative analytics with the introduction of discussions and viz snapshots. In 10.4, Tableau Desktop users who have upgraded can publish workbooks to older instances of Tableau Server (10.2 or higher), making it easier to deploy Tableau at scale.

Web authoring improvements

Do more from the browser.

Web authoring improvements

Do more from the browser. You can now edit text objects, axes, filters, aliases, groups, lines, and headers with new dialogues.

Discussions

Bring a new level of collaboration with real time conversations around your data.

Discussions

Bring a new level of collaboration with real time conversations around your data. Work with your colleagues, discuss inflection points, even attach a viz snapshot to bring attention to a specific detail or view.

Okta for Tableau Mobile

Get to your viz faster with new authentication options.

Okta Mobile Connect

Tableau Mobile now supports Okta Mobile Connect, providing a more seamless sign-on experience for users using mobile single sign-on.

Connector Improvements

Enjoy new connector functionality.

Extract data from SAP BW

Quickly see the results as you create and interact with your viz. You can now use extracts with SAP BW for better analytical performance.

Presto connectivity with LDAP

Connect to Presto securely, thanks to version 0.167 compatibility using LDAP.

Connect WDCs to Spatial Data

Now your WDCs can import spatial data by connecting directly to GeoJSON including points, lines, and polygons. Things are definitely shaping up.

Denodo

Connect directly to your Denodo data.

Denodo

Tableau fits seamlessly into your data virtualization strategy. With the new Denodo connector you can instantly connect to data that you've virtualized with Denodo.

Data source recommendations

Start your analysis faster with the right data.

Data source recommendations

Start your analysis faster with the right data. Tableau uses machine learning to recommend existing data sources based on your organization's data source usage metrics. It's now easier to find the right data source for your analysis.

Learn more

View all 10.4 features

10.3 helps you better scale and manage analytics across the business, including data-driven alerts, smart table and join recommendations, and the introduction of Tableau Bridge.

Tableau Bridge

Connect live to on-premises data from Tableau Online.

Tableau Bridge

Limited Release. Connect live to on-premises data from Tableau Online. If you are wanting to start your journey to the cloud, try Tableau Bridge, which creates a secure, live data connection from Tableau Online to on premise data behind the firewall. Tableau Bridge enables you to use Tableau’s SaaS solution with your existing on premise database investments.

Automatic query caching

Tableau Server is faster than ever.

Automatic query caching

Enjoy faster load times for workbooks that connect to extracts on Tableau Server. Tableau can automatically pre-cache queries for all views in a workbook, directly after an extract refresh, for faster performance on initial user load.

API updates

Leverage our updated APIs.

Supporting for tagging data sources and views

Using the REST API, you can now add and remove tags on data sources and views, making automate and embed scenarios even better.

Undo/Redo toolbar functions

Using the JavaScript API, you can now implement custom controls for Undo and Redo behaviors without replying on the built-in toolbar.

Switch sites

We've added support for the current user to easily switch sites using the REST API.

Get sites for users

We're making it possible to query the REST API to get a list of all sites you have access to.

Custom subscriptions

Create custom subscription schedules.

Custom subscriptions

Start your day with a good dose of data. Create custom subscription schedules to your important vizzes, at any time. Now you have control over when subscriptions are delivered to you.

Table calc filters

Explore new calc options in the filter menu.

Table calc filters

Control when table calc filters are applied to totals with a new option in the filter menu

Latest date presets

Set filters to display latest date values automatically.

Latest date presets

Start with up-to-date data. Set filters to display latest date values automatically, as soon as your workbook opens.

View all 10.3 features

10.2 helps you tackle complex geospatial analysis with Shapefile support and Python integration, as well as improvements to help prepare your data for analysis.

Mark cards improvements

See all your pills on the marks card without scrolling.

Mark cards

See all your pills at a glance. Now you can see all your pills on the marks card without scrolling

Story points updates

Enjoy more options for telling your data story.

Story points

Now you have more options for telling your data story. Use an optimized layout menu to apply formatting, and choose from caption boxes or a simple numbered navigator to put your data on stage.

Formatting

Save time by formatting lines across an entire workbook.

Formatting

Save time by formatting lines across an entire workbook with just a few clicks in Tableau Desktop.

Map scale

Instantly understand your geographic data in context.

Map scale

Instantly understand your geographic data in context with our dynamic map scale.

Legends per measure

Create a unique legend per individual measure to easily spot trends.

Legends per measure

Create a unique legend per individual measure so you easily spot trends when displaying multiple measures in a viz.

Mobile toolbar

Enjoy a brand new mobile toolbar for iOS.

Mobile toolbar

Enjoy a brand new mobile toolbar for iOS, with a sleek sharing experience and more room for your viz.

View all 10.2 features

10.1 includes support for JSON and the ability to connect directly to Marketo data, as well as API improvements to help further extend the power of Tableau.

Extensibility

Get more control over your analysis with API improvements.

Mobile app bootstrap

Embed Tableau vizzes into your mobile apps using our open source app example and documentation. Explore a sample open source app built with the Cordova framework and dive deeper with relevant documentation to assist mobile developers who are looking to take advantage of the Tableau platform.

Web Data Connector improvements

Build faster and more user-friendly connectors with the improved WDC. You can now create predefined joins for end users. Plus, for long-running operations, report progress to end users with a new API.

Document API improvements

Programmatically change fields while working with TWBX and TDSX (in addition to TWB and TDS).

Server client library

Stop writing reams of code by hand and save time by using the client library. It's posted on GitHub, so you can get full access to the code and submit pull requests if needed.

REST API improvements

We've added filtering and sorting to more endpoints for more flexible and powerful queries. The new Server Info endpoint tells you what version of Tableau is running on the server along with information about the latest version of the REST API.

Maps data

Understand geographic data more map updates and additions.

Maps data

Understand geographic data more easily with postal code additions for Thailand and South Africa and postal code updates for the United States, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey. We've also updated United States congressional districts.

Geocoding

Enjoy geocoding improvements.

Geocoding

Tableau now recognizes IATA and ICAO codes, making it even easier for you to map airports. Also you can now easily map second level administrative regions in the Netherlands.

Drill-up on dates

Explore data hierarchies with new drill-up capabilities.

Drill-up on continuous date fields

Easily explore data hierarchies with the ability to drill back up on continuous fields in Tableau Desktop.

Full screen viz

You can now view embedded and non-embedded vizzes in full-screen mode

Full screen viz

Make your vizzes more impactful. You can now view embedded and non-embedded vizzes in full-screen mode.

Device layout

See how your viz will look on a mobile device.

Device layout

See how your viz will look on a mobile device. Check out "read only" previews of device layouts when authoring on the web.

View all 10.1 features

10.0 brings an entirely new look and feel to Tableau, with beautiful fonts and colors to make your dashboards shine. Also enjoy powerful analytics features including cross-database joins, drag-and-drop clustering, custom territories, and the new highlighter functionality.

Performance

See your data faster.

On-demand connections in Tableau Desktop

When you open a published workbook, Tableau Desktop only connects to the data sources required to display the current sheet’s data. In other words, see your data a whole lot faster.

Improved browser performance

In Tableau 10, we are caching the initial workbook load to give you faster workbook performance. Enjoy speedier load times, instant updates based on your interactions, and more.

Site SAML

Leverage different SAML based identify providers on a per site basis

Site SAML

On Tableau Server, you can now leverage different SAML based identify providers on a per site basis.

Developer

Get more control over your analysis with API improvements.

JavaScript API improvements

Take advantage of two new JavaScript API functions that enable programmatic access to data in your visualizations. With the getSummaryDataAsync and getUnderlyingDataAsync functions, you can export data for use in other programs.

Web data connector 2.0

Build more flexible and powerful connectors with Web Data Connector 2.0. It's easier to use and now supports multiple tables and joins.

Document API

Keep your data source connection up-to-date with our new Document API.

REST API improvements

The Tableau REST API has been expanded with more metadata information options and user result filtering.

ETL refresh

Using the Web Data Connector, refresh an external ETL job from Tableau while remaining in the flow of your analysis.

Licensing views

Get insight into licensing and usage of Tableau Desktop.

Licensing views

Tableau Server includes new administrative views that give insight into licensing and usage of Tableau Desktop. Find out how you can easily manage your organization's Tableau Desktop deployment.

Find out how to manage your Tableau Desktop deployment

Subscribe others

Easily share vizzes with your team.

Subscribe others

Easily share vizzes with your team. Subscribe others with a click.

Publish flow

Publish workbooks and data sources with more control.

Publish flow

Publish workbooks and data sources faster and with more control, thanks to our publish flow improvements.

View all 10.0 features

9.3 helps you analyze data and share findings faster with a new, delightful flow for publishing your data sources, workbook revision history, Union, and our Snowflake Data Connector.

Performance improvements

Understand your data faster with single-pane optimization and more.

Single-pane optimization

Your Tableau Online and Tableau Server Dashboards load faster, thanks to fewer required panes.

Progressive dashboard load

Not having to wait for the entire dashboard to load means you can start analyzing your data sooner.

Smooth tooltips

Display smooth tooltips in all Tableau Online and Tableau Server visualizations, regardless of complexity.

Sheet colors

Make your worksheets easier to identify.

Sheet colors

Make your worksheets easier to identify and group by adding color to the sheet tabs in the sheet-sorter and filmstrip views.

Totals

Separate your totals, subtotals and grand totals.

Totals

Separate your totals, subtotals and grand totals by excluding them from color-encoding.

High DPI

Tableau is better equipped to take advantage of high-DPI displays on Windows computers.

High DPI

Tableau is better equipped to take advantage of high-DPI displays on Windows computers.

Forecasting

Tableau helps your analysis with automated forecasting.

Forecasting

Tableau automatically selects the best season length to help you forecast odd seasonal patterns and irregular time-series. You can also forecast values ordered by an integer dimension.

Maps

Maps are now easier and more accurate.

Maps

We’ve added postal codes for 39 European countries, districts in India, and US demographic data layers for 2016. We’ve also updated postal codes for UK, France, Germany, and the US.

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9.2 brings Tableau to your fingertips with native iPhone support. Dive deeper into your geographical analysis with new mapping data and formatting options, and enjoy data preparation enhancements such as sub-table detection and data grid editing.

Authentication

Your data is now more secure.

OpenID connect

With OpenID Connect, users can automatically sign in to Tableau Server as long as they are signed in to an OpenID Connect identity provider such as Google.

SAML sign-in Tableau Online sync client

Users are able to sign in to the Tableau Online Sync Client using the same SAML credentials that they use for Tableau Online authentication.

Performance

Tableau is now smarter than ever.

External query cache compression

Tableau can cache more queries than ever before with external query cache compression.

Text table and highlight table optimization

Text tables and highlight tables are optimized to enhance rendering, resizing, and removing of columns.

Shape rendering improvements

Published workbooks take advantage of browser rendering so that shape marks display faster.

Workbook legend optimization

Tableau 9.2 is smarter about handling workbook legends, redrawing them only when visible changes are made.

Toolbar improvements

The new toolbar puts commonly accessed actions at your fingertips.

Toolbar improvements

The new toolbar puts commonly accessed actions at your fingertips. The redesigned menus are intuitive and the entire toolbar scales for different screen sizes.

Lock project permission

Administrators and project leaders now have more control over workbooks.

Lock project permissions

Administrators and project leaders can now lock a project’s permissions, so they automatically apply to all workbooks and data sources in the project and cannot be changed by authors.

Set project permission

Projects now get their own permissions.

Set project permission

Projects now get their own permissions separate from Workbook and Data Source defaults, allowing for more flexible configurations.

Data pane

Quickly search and change a field’s data type.

Data pane

Quickly search and change a field’s data type with the updated data pane.

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9.1 includes new enterprise capabilities like Mutual SSL, Active Directory Sync, and expanded SAP support. It also brings a new version of our Tableau Mobile App, with experience enhancements, increased responsiveness, and offline snapshots.

Improved analytics pane

Drag and drop median lines directly from the Analytics Pane.

Improved analytics pane

Drag and drop median lines and confidence intervals directly from the Analytics Pane.

Calculation editor in dialogs

Create filter formulas quicker with auto-complete and more.

Calculation editor in dialogs

Create filter formulas quicker with auto-complete, syntax highlighting, and validation support.

Smart histogram

Quickly dial into the right bin size with smart suggestions.

Smart histogram

Quickly dial into the right bin size with smart suggestions based on your data.

Pan & zoom control

Keep the focus on critical data by disabling Pan and Zoom in maps.

Pan & zoom control

Keep the focus on critical data by disabling Pan and Zoom in maps.

Distance measurement

View proximity in the radial selection tool.

Distance measurement

View proximity in the radial selection tool.

Security

Tableau is now more secure than ever.

Mutual SSL

Offer a secure and automatic Tableau Server sign-in experience across devices with SSL Client Certificates and Mutual SSL.

SAML

Comply with Sarbanes-Oxley SSO requirements using SAML Logout for Tableau Server. We now support logout actions initiated by Tableau Server and SAML Identity Providers.

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9.0 brings a new start experience in Tableau Desktop, as well as powerful features to keep your analysis in the flow, such as LOD expressions and a new calculation editor. Also enjoy performance improvements for significant increases in speed across your workbooks.

Faster performance

Consolidated queries to make analyzing data faster.

Consolidated queries

Big improvements in the Tableau Data Engine lead to significantly faster query results of extracts. Data Engine Vectorization and Parallel Aggregation fully leverage today's multi-core and multi-threaded CPU's.

Parallel queries

All independent views have their queries sent to the database simultaneously. These Parallel Queries return data to Tableau faster, meaning your dashboards load faster.

Query fusion

Query Fusion runs a single combined query, replacing multiple individual queries for views that have the same level of detail. This reduces the workload on your database and improves load times.

Reused queries

Instantly load workbooks and views with cached data from previously returned queries. Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server now avoid re-running the same queries, resulting in near-instant load times.

Upgrade resources

Tableau Server Administrators can enjoy the Tableau Server 9.0 Upgrade site.

Upgrade resources

For Tableau Server Administrators, we have the Tableau Server 9.0 Upgrade site. It's a specialized resource to help you plan, test, and execute a Tableau Server 9.0 Upgrade site.

Enterprise upgrade

Enjoy the new upgrade.

Brand new at the core

Tableau Server & Tableau Online have been completely rewritten and now feature the latest improvements in Java and Apache Solr. New admin views give deeper insights into users and performance.

Secure connections

Tableau Desktop, Tableau Server, and Tableau Online now support SSL encryption for MySQL Server, and PostgreSQL.

Upgraded REST API

It's easier than ever to programmatically manage Tableau Server & Tableau Online with a newly extended REST API. Manage workbooks and data sources, users and user groups, as well as query and update data connections.

High availability

New processes enable true high availability for Tableau Server and greatly improve scalability. An automated Cluster Controller and new File Store process handle reliable data replication. A streamlined configuration workflow rounds out the package.

Visual user permissions

See and adjust permissions.

Get more control over your dashboards.

See and adjust permissions for groups and individual users with the new visual permissions page.

Intuitive interface

The new generation of data exploration is even more intuitive.

Intuitive interface

A new welcome screen greets you. From here you can view all workbooks on a single page, search across all content, and see breadcrumbs as you navigate.

Cloud & big data connections

Connect to more and bigger data than ever before.

Amazon Elastic MapReduce connector

Connect directly to your Amazon EMR-hosted Hadoop clusters and put the massively-scaled computing power of Amazon EMR into the hands of business users.

Improved Amazon Redshift connector

The new Amazon Redshift driver delivers even faster query speeds for people using Amazon's fully-hosted, petabyte-scalable data warehouse service.

Spark SQL connector

Take advantage of open-source query innovation inside your Hadoop framework with Tableau's new connector for Spark SQL.

Faster Salesforce connector

Load dashboards up to 10x faster with our new Salesforce.com connector. More flexible join options and new preferences help you refine data extracts.

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