What you need for this book

Users only need to download the Tableau Public client. The technical specifications for Tableau Public mirror those of Tableau Desktop Personal and are listed on the Tableau website at http://www.tableau.com/products/desktop.

According to Tableau system requirements, PC users require the following minimum specifications:

  • Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 or newer (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Microsoft Server 2008 R2 or newer (32-bit and 64-bit)
  • Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Opteron processor or newer (SSE2 or newer required)
  • 2 GB memory
  • 750 megabytes minimum free disk space
  • Internet Explorer 8 or newer

And Mac users need the following specifications in their system:

  • iMac/MacBook computers 2009 or newer
  • OS X 10.9 or newer

Get Creating Data Stories with Tableau Public now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.