Chapter 11

Collaboration and Publishing with Tableau Cloud

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Addressing the critical differences between Tableau Desktop and Cloud

Bullet Exploring the Tableau Cloud user experience

Bullet Collaborating and sharing using Tableau Cloud

Bullet Organizing and managing your Tableau content in the cloud

Like other heavyweight enterprise business intelligence platforms, Tableau offers an online and desktop version of its servers. Many folks I know try to figure out why to opt for online versus Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server, beyond the fact that you can access all the tools on the internet. After all, doesn’t the online version lack certain features that Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server offer? My answer is yes, yes, and yes! But the online version also has capabilities that you can’t get anywhere else affordably.

Let me get the obvious question out of the way: What is the significant difference? It boils down to nuances with worksheet, dashboard, and story features that are available only on Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server. With Tableau Cloud, the user experience is more fluid in that ...

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