Upgrade to Tableau Server 2018.3
Planning an upgrade to Tableau Server 2018.3? Start here!
Beginning with 2018.2, please note that the following administration maintenance tasks have changed for Windows:
Installation - The Installation process has changed significantly. Be sure to read the documentation before starting any installation or upgrade.
Upgrade – The upgrade process is new and differs, depending on whether you are upgrading from version 2018.2.x or from a version earlier than 2018.2. Do not upgrade without first reading the procedures for how to upgrade specific to your scenario.
Uninstall - Uninstall works differently now as well. With version 2018.2 and later you do not need to uninstall until after you have upgraded Tableau.
Upgrade
Guide to Upgrading
- Starting from 2018.2, steps to upgrade Tableau Server have changed for Windows. See Upgrade from Tableau Server 2018.1 or earlier to Tableau Server with TSM and Upgrade process change in Tableau Help.
- The Server Upgrade Guide takes you through the entire process to make your upgrade as seamless as possible.
- Download the newest maintenance release and get started!
Inform Your Users
- The Server Administrator Overview page is a great starting point for letting your users know about new capabilities.
- Make sure your users know about the latest released features and invite power users to test the environment and to explore What's new in Tableau Desktop 2018.3.
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Overview
Extend the value of your data across your entire organization with Tableau Server. The Tableau Server platform is easy to deploy, scale, and monitor.
What's New?
- What's New in Tableau Server 2018.3
- Backgrounder job ranking
- Streamlined content browsing
- Dashboard image object in web authoring
- What's New in Tableau Desktop 2018.3
What Has Changed?
- What's Changed in Tableau Server
- See the Tableau Server Tech Specs
- See what we fixed: Release Notes
- Make sure everything works as expected: Known Issues
New in Tableau Server 2018.3
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What's New in in Tableau Server
Job Scheduling
Backgrounder job rank
An architectural change in scheduling has made it possible to handle increasing backgrounder loads and reduce queue times. You can now rank backgrounder jobs at the time of job creation based on an algorithm that uses historical run time in addition to priority, job type and minute accuracy of job creation time (also called batch).
The feature ships by default in the 2018.3 Tableau Server release. It is also available to customers on 2018.1 and 2018.2 by turning on the feature flags in the YML configuration file.
For more information, follow this link.
Content Browsing
Streamlined content browsing
Discover a new way to browse content on Tableau Server and Tableau Online. You can now view data sources, workbooks, and views from one project on the same page as well as filter by content type within that project.
The new experience gives you the option to see projects, workbooks, and data sources in a single list with more flexibility to organize your data to match the way your teams actually work. The most and least used projects, workbooks, and data sources can also be ranked for informed decision making.
For more information, follow this link.
Web Authoring
Dashboard image object in web authoring
This feature makes the dashboard image object available in Tableau Server web authoring. Beyond the extension of the image object feature to Tableau Server, the release also introduces UI changes to the object’s settings to accommodate inputting "alt text" for accessibility support, as well as a new drag & drop targeting behavior.
The image object's added accessibility support addresses concerns from government and university customers, who must conform to ADA standards.
For information, follow this link.
Tableau Services Manager (TSM)
As of Tableau Server 2018.2, Tableau Services Manager (TSM) is now available for Windows as well as Linux, and replaces tabadmin. This new web-based server configuration and management application contains a new user experience for server administrators – a command-line interface (CLI) and a web interface (both interact with the new TSM REST API).
For more information about TSM, see the following helpful resources:
Tableau Server on Linux Upgrade information
Are you upgrading Tableau Server on Linux to 2018.2?
Share workbooks and data extracts with other users in your organization using Tableau Server!
Read through the links below for advanced knowledge and details:
- Tableau Server Configuration utility
- tabadmin command line utility
- Tableau Server Monitor
Troubleshooting Extracts on Tableau Server
If your users experience or report any of the following behaviors while performing an extract task, they may be running into an incompatibility scenario. Please redirect them to the following Knowledge Base articles to resolve the error(s).