![]() ![]() I got started with Tableau Public after the inaugural Cork Tableau User Group meeting back in November 2017. While there are many other data visualization tools available that are also free, these are generally web-based with no option to download and do not necessarily have the extensive gallery, resources, and community that Tableau Public does. Tableau Public is completely free to download and use. You can, however, hide anything you don’t want to share publicly.Ī word of caution: while you can hide your work, I do not recommend ever using Tableau Public with sensitive data. It’s pretty much the same as a Tableau Desktop license that you might use at work (a paid license), in terms of functionality – but the two key differences are that a) in the free version you are limited in the types of data you can connect to and b) you can’t save your work to your local machine instead you have to save it up to. While you can create visualizations from scratch in the web-edit/browser version of Tableau Public, my personal preference for working with the tool is via the free Desktop version, mentioned in point 2 below.Ģ) The free software that you download to your PC Featured visualizations are grouped by themes, for example, Healthcare, News and Events, Education, Arts, Public Sector, Business Dashboards, etc. This is where you’ll find the Tableau Public Gallery that contains a seemingly endless number of data visualizations, resources, and blog content. While Tableau describes what Tableau Public is here, I tend to think of it as two general things:ġ) The website itself: But if you’ve found this post through some other channel and you’re not too sure what Tableau Public is all about, then I’m writing to you specifically – please read on and I hope you’ll consider getting started with it ASAP! ![]() If you found this post through the Tableau Community, there’s a good chance you’re already using Tableau Public and realize the value in doing so. I recently gave a talk at the Cork Tableau User Group about why you should start using Tableau Public and thought I’d transfer the content over to a blog post. ![]()
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