The different Tableau products
There are seven Tableau
products:
- Tableau Desktop is software that you can install on your computer. It is the core tool to connect to the data, build a data source, and create visualizations and Dashboards.
- Tableau Server is an online tool for sharing your work in a business environment. You need this tool to secure your data. Tableau Server is accessible with a simple browser. Your company hosts the server where Tableau server is installed.
- Tableau Online is the same as Tableau Server, but hosted by Tableau. They do the updates and maintenance, but you lose some personalization features.
- Tableau Reader is software that you can install on your computer that can read Tableau Desktop files. With Tableau Reader, you are not able to modify the Workbooks, but you can open them and keep all the interactivity, making it better than a PDF export or a picture.
- Tableau Public is free software with almost the same capabilities as Tableau Desktop, but you can only save...
