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Tableau Server

Overview

What is Tableau Server?

Tableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center,…

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An experienced general review for Tableau Server

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 9, 2023
Vetted ReviewVerified User
Tableau Server is generally used when we done with all our visual presentations making, data analysis, making dashboards and now some other persons wants to edit in this by gi...
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Verified user
Manager
Tableau Server3 years of experience

The WORST company to do business with

Rating: 1 out of 10
June 30, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use Tableau Server as a data visualization tool for our customers. Our proprietary data are delivered to our customers via Tableau Server. Tableau Server is installed on ou...
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Gianluca Ruggiero
C-Level Executive - Corporate
CEO & Founder
MASSIVE
Tableau Server5 years of experience

Laddy's Tableau Server Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
December 2, 2021
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use it to deploy dashboards that help our decision makers across all companies. It helps our sales associates direct their attention to customers for changes in business ac...
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Bob Ladd
Vice-President - Information Technology
Vice President Global Procurement & Manufacturing
Potter Electric Signal Co.
Tableau Server4 years of experience

Tableau Server is a great tool for small, medium, and large companies

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 26, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Tableau Server is being used across our entire organization. Every employee at Qualtrics has a Tableau Server user, and we use Tableau Server authentication to display reports...
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Jacob Rasmussen
Engineer - Engineering
Data Engineer
Qualtrics
Tableau Server4 years of experience

Getting up and ready with a great data visualization platform in a few days with Tableau Server

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 24, 2019
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Tableau is being used mostly by marketing to get a good view of their customer base. It covers the present footprint in terms of product ownership and the trend in usage of se...
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Mathieu Gaouette
Administrator - Information Technology
Consultant BI senior/Administrateur - spécialité SAS
Prospective MG inc.
Tableau Server2 years of experience
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Pricing

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Viewer

$12.00

On Premise
Per User Per Month

Explorer

$35.00

On Premise
Per User Per Month

Creator

$70.00

On Premise
Per User Per Month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Product Demos

Tableau Server | How to Restore a Backup

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Tableau Server | How to Backup Server

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How Tableau Works | Tableau Tutorial for Beginners | Tableau Server Online Training | Intellipaat

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Installing Tableau Server 10.5 on Linux

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Features

BI Standard Reporting

Standard reporting means pre-built or canned reports available to users without having to create them.

9.5
Avg 8.1

Ad-hoc Reporting

Ad-Hoc Reports are reports built by the user to meet highly specific requirements.

9.1
Avg 8.0

Report Output and Scheduling

Ability to schedule and manager report output.

8.4
Avg 8.3

Data Discovery and Visualization

Data Discovery and Visualization is the analysis of multiple data sources in a search for patterns and outliers and the ability to represent the data visually.

8.7
Avg 7.9

Access Control and Security

Access control means being able to determine who has access to which data.

8.2
Avg 8.5

Mobile Capabilities

Support for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets.

8.4
Avg 7.9

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding

APIs are a set of routines, protocols, and tools for used for embedding one application in another

7.2
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Tableau Server?

Tableau Server is an enterprise self-service analytics platform that supports data-driven decision making throughout the user's organization.

Customers can deploy the way that makes the most sense for their organization - on-premises or in the cloud, on Windows or Linux, while integrating with their existing security and authentication protocols. Customers can provide governed data access while promoting sharing and collaboration with data, dashboards and insights. It includes automated processes and workflows, and users can define access for individual users and groups.

Tableau Server Features

BI Platform Features

  • Supported: Administration via Windows App
  • Supported: Administration via MacOS App
  • Supported: Administration via Web Interface
  • Supported: Live Connection to External Data
  • Supported: Snapshot of External Data
  • Supported: In-memory data model
  • Supported: Multi-Data Source Reporting (Blending)

Supported Data Sources Features

  • Supported: MS Excel Workbooks
  • Supported: Text Files (CSV, etc)
  • Supported: Oracle
  • Supported: MS SQL Server
  • Supported: IBM DB2
  • Supported: Postgres
  • Supported: MySQL
  • Supported: ODBC
  • Supported: Cloudera Hadoop
  • Supported: Hortonworks Hadoop
  • Supported: EMC Greenplum
  • Supported: IBM Netezza
  • Supported: HP Vertica
  • Supported: SAP Hana
  • Supported: Teradata
  • Supported: Salesforce
  • Supported: SAP
  • Supported: Google Analytics

BI Standard Reporting Features

  • Supported: Customizable dashboards
  • Supported: Report Formatting Templates

Ad-hoc Reporting Features

  • Supported: Drill-down analysis
  • Supported: Formatting capabilities
  • Supported: Predictive modeling
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages
  • Supported: Report sharing and collaboration

Report Output and Scheduling Features

  • Supported: Publish to Web
  • Supported: Publish to PDF
  • Supported: Output Raw Supporting Data
  • Supported: Report Versioning
  • Supported: Report Delivery Scheduling

Data Discovery and Visualization Features

  • Supported: Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)
  • Supported: Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization
  • Supported: Predictive Analytics
  • Supported: Support for Machine Learning models
  • Supported: Pattern Recognition and Data Mining
  • Supported: Integration with R or other statistical packages

Access Control and Security Features

  • Supported: Multi-User Support (named login)
  • Supported: Role-Based Security Model
  • Supported: Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)
  • Supported: Report-Level Access Control
  • Supported: Single Sign-On (SSO)

Mobile Capabilities Features

  • Supported: Responsive Design for Web Access
  • Supported: Mobile Application
  • Supported: Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile

Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding Features

  • Supported: REST API
  • Supported: Javascript API
  • Supported: iFrames

Tableau Server Screenshots

Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Server interface and administration view 2.Screenshot of Tableau Server permissions view.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 1.Screenshot of Tableau Services Manager (TSM) view 2.

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Tableau Server Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Mobile Web
Supported CountriesWorldwide
Supported LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese

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Frequently Asked Questions

Tableau Server allows Tableau Desktop users to publish dashboards to a central server to be shared across their organizations. The product is designed to facilitate collaboration across the organization. It can be deployed on a server in the data center, or it can be deployed on a public cloud.

Domo, IBM Cognos Analytics, and Looker are common alternatives for Tableau Server.

Reviewers rate Report sharing and collaboration and Publish to Web highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of Tableau Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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An experienced general review for Tableau Server

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 09, 2023
Verified User
Manager in Sales
Consumer Goods Company, 1001-5000 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Server
3 years of experience
Alternatives Considered
Tableau Server can handle a large datasets without any lagging the data or slow updating the data, easily can use all the functions and formulas by using data up-to thousands of entry and easily can present in table, charts and dashboards formats and main thing to store and share that worked datasets file with anyone .

Tableau Server is a world class product

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
November 13, 2021
Verified User
Project Manager in Information Technology
Financial Services Company, 11-50 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Server
2 years of experience
Alternatives Considered
Tableau Server is a world-class product offering ease of integration with a database or third-party service platforms such as SalesForce, Intercom, or Hubspot. Data visualisation and chart capability is excellent. Tableau really helps an organisation connect with its data to improve business decision-making. Competitor products do not scale as well as Tableau.

Data Analytics with Tableau

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
January 14, 2022
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Computer & Network Security Company, 10,001+ employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
Tableau Server
3 years of experience
Alternatives Considered
Tableau Server is extremely well suited for a company with a few dedicated analysts creating dashboards and reports for a few stakeholders. It is also great at handling a large number of report viewers, but it is more expensive because you have to pay for each user. We have just created a single visualization containing multiple what-if scenarios that our users can easily update on the fly using Tableau’s new set of controls.
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