Data Preparation with Tableau Prep Builder

Tableau Prep Builder is Tableau’s product for preparing data and creating simple to complicated data models. Tableau Prep Builder extracts data via data connectors and allows the user to transform the data through several different functions and load the data on Tableau Server, Tableau Online, and other destinations. Tableau Prep Builder, first released in 2018, is different than Tableau Desktop in that it is solely focused on preparing data for analysis.

Tableau Prep Builder can be used via a downloadable software client that you install on your local computer. It is available for both Windows and Mac. Tableau Prep Builder is also available as a web client on Tableau Server and Tableau Cloud for individuals with a Creator license. Tableau Prep Builder will create an object called a flow. The term flow is used because it describes how data flows from originating data sources through a data transformation process, ending with the...